NASA Scientist Simulates Sunsets on Other Worlds
Have you ever wondered what a sunset on Uranus might look like? As you can see in the animation above, a Uranian sunset is a rich azure that fades into…
Viewing the Red Planet
This artist’s concept shows an astronaut on Mars, as viewed through the window of a spacecraft. NASA is returning astronauts to the Moon and will test technology there that will…
Watch a 10-Year Time Lapse of Sun From NASA’s SDO
As of June 2020, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory – SDO – has now been watching the Sun non-stop for over a full decade. From its orbit in space around Earth,…
Japan’s HTV-9 Cargo Craft Helps Supply the Space Station
Japan’s resupply ship, the H-II Transfer Vehicle-9 (HTV-9), is pictured attached to the International Space Station‘s Harmony module. Stowed inside the Japanese space freighter is the HTV-8 cargo pallet that…
The Space In-between: Aurora Australis
Like a wisp of electric green smoke, the aurora australis seemingly intersects with the Earth’s airglow as the International Space Station orbited above the Indian Ocean halfway between Australia and…