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APOD: Eclipse over the Great Wall (657 diggs)

APOD: The View from Everest (874 diggs)

Cosmic crash reveals dark matter (1,078 diggs) Striking evidence has been found for the enigmatic "stuff" called dark matter which makes up 23% of the Universe, yet is invisible to our eyes. The results come from astronomical observations of a titanic collision between two clusters of galaxies 5.7 billion light-years away. Astronomers detected the dark matter because it separated from the ..

Integral locates origin of high emission, from Crab Nebula (371 diggs) Thanks to data from ESA ’s Integral gamma-ray observatory, scientists have been able to locate where particles in the vicinity of the rotating neutron-star in the Crab Nebula are accelerated to immense energies.

NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Ascends to Level Ground (621 diggs) NASA's Mars Exploration rover Opportunity is heading back out to the Red Planet's surrounding plains nearly a year after descending into a large Martian crater to examine exposed ancient rock layers.

NASA to study extending shuttle era to 2015 (571 diggs) NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has ordered his suborbinates to study how the agency could fly the space shuttle beyond its planned retirement in 2010, according to an internal e-mail obtained by the Orlando Sentinel. The decision signals what could be a huge change in NASA policy.

New Milky Way map reveals a complicated outer galaxy (862 diggs) The halo of stars that envelops the Milky Way galaxy is like a river delta criss-crossed by stellar streams large and small, according to new data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II). While the largest rivers of this delta have been mapped out over the last decade, analysis of the new SDSS-II map shows that smaller streams can be found thro

NASA - The Eagle Prepares to Land (Image) (589 diggs) The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle, in a landing configuration was photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Module Columbia. Inside the module were Commander Neil A. Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin. The long rod-like protrusions under the landing pods are lunar surface sensing probes. Upon contact with the lunar surface,

How MythBusters Will Shut Up Moon Conspiracy Theorists 2nite (3,378 diggs) On the eve of one of their biggest busts yet, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage take us behind the scenes to explain how they made their own fake photos, built a moon set in an hour —and even went weightless themselves. No, they didn't build a rocket ship and actually go ... yet.

NASA Images Show Gamma Ray Bursts Across Milky Way - washing (405 diggs) NASA researchers yesterday released images collected by a new telescope studying high-energy gamma rays. A combined image from 95 hours of the telescope's initial observations showed bursts of gamma rays glowing across the plane of the Milky Way.

TV's 'Mythbusters' Tackle Moon Landing Hoax Claim (3,198 diggs) Three years later, the Mythbusters are ready to share the results of their 'trip' as they devote their next show, airing on Wednesday, to the moon landing hoax claims.

Shoulder Motor Balks on Opportunity's Robotic Arm (300 diggs) A small motor in the robotic arm of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity that began stalling occasionally more than two years ago has become more troublesome recently. +Video Gallery

Strange Clouds at the Edge of Space (575 diggs) Astronauts on board the International Space Station have recently photographed strange electric-blue clouds hovering at the edge of space.

Phoenix Digs Deep for 90th Day on Mars (798 diggs) The next sample of Martian soil being grabbed for analysis is coming from a trench about three times deeper than any other trench NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has dug. On Tuesday, August 26, the scoop on the lander's robotic arm will pick up a sample of soil from the bottom of a trench called "Stone Soup" which is about 18 centimeters...

Sky survey yields new cosmic haul [not a normal asteroid] (407 diggs) Astronomers looking through the data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the world's largest survey of galaxies, have found a new haul of objects closer to home - including one with a potentially exotic origin. By searching through a survey region known as Stripe 82, a team led by Dr Andrew Becker of the University of Washington, has discovered almo

APOD: NGC 7008: The Fetus Nebula (518 diggs) The intriguing assortment of features within the nebula's approximately 1 light-year diameter suggest its popular name, the Fetus Nebula, but planetary nebulae are not associated with star birth. Instead, nebulae like NGC 7008 are produced during a brief phase that sun-like stars pass through toward the end of their lives.

Gorgeous Image of Endeavour with Earth in the Backdrop (1,820 diggs) A rare image of NASA's shuttle endeavour orbiting around our beautiful planet earth.Space Shuttle Endeavour is one of the three currently operational spacecraft in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States.The other two are Discovery and Atlantis. Endeavour was the fifth and final NASA space shuttle to be built.

Just How Nasty Is Space Food? (615 diggs) I’ve whipped up meals in fancy copper saucepans, in battered woks, and in my grandfather ’s old iron skillet, but never before have I used a syringe to make dinner.

Aussie has answer to save Earth from asteroid attack (965 diggs) An PhD student with the University of Queensland's School of Engineering has won top prize in an international competition for her plan to wrap a giant asteroid with reflective sheeting to prevent a collision with the Earth. The asteroid, Apophis, is estimated to be perhaps 270 metres across and it will pass close to Earth in 2029.

ESA's latest satellite looks like a Star Wars Ship (630 diggs) The European Space Agency is about to launch the most sophisticated mission ever to investigate the Earth ’s gravitational field and to map the reference shape of our planet – the geoid - with unprecedented resolution and accuracy.

JPL and the Beginnings of the Space Age (402 diggs) The politics and science behind the birth of the America's space program after World War 2. Extremely well-done documentary produced by JPL and CalTech.

Hubble Sees Magnetic Monster in Erupting Galaxy (779 diggs) NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found an answer to a long-standing puzzle by resolving giant but delicate filaments shaped by a strong magnetic field around the active galaxy NGC 1275. It is the most striking example of the influence of the immense tentacles of extragalactic magnetic fields, say researchers.

10 Ancient Observatories Spied From Space (726 diggs) Flying 423 miles above Earth, the Ikonos satellite offers a space-age peek at ten ancient observatories built by cultures from long ago.

Silver Coin Galaxy, Earth's Nearest Starburst Spiral Galaxy (517 diggs) It's also known as the Sculptor Galaxy or NGC 253.

Is the Earth Quarantined??? (2,027 diggs) Why haven't we met aliens yet? And why aren't we sending rockets all over the solar system? There is only one plausible explanation. Earth is being quarantined! A combination of higher alien civilizations and our own Earth-based military forces are working together to keep the Earth contained and neutralized.