Space News: Page 26

NASA Releases Image of the Moon's North Pole (September 7, 2011): This image of the moon's north polar region was taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC).

Jeff Bezos Blue Origin Space Rocket Lost in Test Flight (September 3, 2011): The Wall Street Journal reports that Blue Origin, a private space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, suffered a setback last week when it lost its unmanned rocket.

Burning Man Festival From Space (September 2, 2011): The Burning Man festival is an annual event held in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. It has been captured from space by satellite and by drones.

Photo: The Earth and Moon From Six Million Miles Away (August 31, 2011): This photograph was taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft, which is on its long five-year journey to Jupiter.

Chinese Scientists Want to Pull Asteroid into Orbit Around Earth (August 31, 2011): PopSci is reporting that a group of Chinese scientists want to pull an asteroid into orbit around Earth.

NASA's WISE Data Reveals Stars With Temperatures as Cool as the Human Body (August 30, 2011): Scientists using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) discovered the coldest class of star-like bodies.

Astronomers Discover Planet Made of Diamonds (August 26, 2011): Astronomers believe they have discovered a small planet made of diamonds.

Photo of Hurricane Irene as a Category 3 From International Space Station (August 25, 2011): US Astronaut Ron Garan (@astro_ron) took this photograph of Hurricane Irene from the International Space Station (ISS) at 3:14PM EST on Wednesday, 24 August 2011.

Snow White Dwarf Planet Contains Ice From Ancient Slush-Spewing Volcanoes (August 22, 2011): Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have discovered ice, and possibly methane, on the dwarf planet 2007 OR10, which is nicknamed Snow White.

ESA Plans to Slam Spacecraft Into Asteroid (August 17, 2011): The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to carry out a mission to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid.

Arrow-Shaped Cloud on Saturn's Moon Titan Caused by Atmospheric Waves (August 16, 2011): Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has an enormous white arrow shaped cloud on its surface in this image.

NASA Rover Reaches Edge of Endeavour Crater on Mars After Three Year Journey (August 13, 2011): NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the edge of the Endeavour Crater on Mars.

Hubble Captures Image of the Necklace Nebula (August 12, 2011): Hubble has captured an aimage of an object that resembles a giant cosmic necklace.

Planet TrES-2b is Darkest Planet Ever Found (August 11, 2011): Astronomers have discovered the darkest known exoplanet.

NASA's Juno Spacecraft Headed to Jupiter (August 5, 2011): NASA's Juno spacecraft is headed to Jupiter after a successful launch.

NOAA Issues Geomagnetic Storm Warning - Scale G3 or Greater (August 5, 2011): NOAA has issued a Geomagnetic storm warning for a Geomagnetic K-index of 7 or greater expected.

Space Shuttle Columbia Debris Revealed by Texas Drought (August 2, 2011): Possible debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 has been spotted in a Texas lake.

NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Takes Close-up Image of Vesta Asteroid (August 1, 2011): NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this amazing image of the asteroid Vesta on July 24, 2011.

Physicist Michio Kaku Explains the Concept of a Space Elevator (July 31, 2011): Physicist Michio Kaku talked to The Daily aobut the concept of a space elevator.

Newly Discovered Planetary Nebula Resembles Erie Blue Soccer Ball (July 26, 2011): The Gemini Observatory captured this image of Kronberger 61, a planetary nebula.

Final Atlantis Landing Brings End to NASA's Space Shuttle Era (July 21, 2011): NASA's amazing 30-year-long Space Shuttle era came to an end early this morning with the final landing of Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Captures Image of Glowing Green Ring Nebula (June 20, 2011): This photograph of a glowing emerald nebula was taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Video: One Year of the Moon in 2.5 Minutes (June 15, 2011): Here is a cool video from the Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio that compresses one year of the moon in 2.

NASA Shares First Images of Giant Asteroid Vesta's Surface (June 13, 2011): This video from NASA shows surface details beginning to resolve as NASA's Dawn spacecraft closes in on the giant asteroid Vesta.

Spectacular Solar Eruption Observed (June 7, 2011): NASA posted this image of the Coronal Mass Ejection as viewed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory on June 7, 2011.