NASA reveals stunning photos of Earth at night
Newly released photos from NASA’s Earth Observatory group show nighttime views of our planet in unprecedented detail.
How Canada almost built a supersonic flying saucer
While the US military has always denied the existence of UFOs, it turns out they planned to build one – and had contracted the work to a Canadian company.
What causes lightning? Hint: We still don’t know
Nature’s most striking phenomenon still presents a mystery to scientists.
Mars Curiosity Rover tries out its arm-based camera
After lifting its recloseable dust-cover for the first time, Curiosity takes the first photos with its mechanical arm.
Mars Curiosity Rover: The first images
An on-going collection of the best images from NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity Rover – the seventh such vehicle to explore the Red Planet.
New photos prove Moon landings weren’t faked. Or do they?
Photos that show the American flags left behind on the Moon by the Apollo missions don’t convince conspiracy theorists.
Video of Earth at night is better than any movie
by Simon CohenStitched together using photos taken from the ISS, this amazing video of the Earth is nothing short of stunning.
It’s a hot, hot summer in New York with temperatures reaching 4 trillion degrees
Physicists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York have produced the highest man-made temperature ever: 4 trillion degrees Celsius, or about 250,000 times hotter than the center of the sun.
20 Spectacular images from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Check out these stunning images of space with links to printable high-resolution versions.
Spectacular photos and video of a solar flare
NASA records a large CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) using its SDO satellite.

