Scientists recently discovered that polar stratospheric clouds, long known to play an important role in Antarctic ozone destruction, are occurring…
In this artist's conception, a possible newfound planet spins through a clearing, detected around the star CoKu Tau 4 by…
During its tenure aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 13 passed a major milestone: as of late August 2006, more…
Har Nuur, or the Black Lake, is located in western Mongolia's Valley of Lakes, part of a system of closed…
A new chapter in space flight began on July 1950 with the launch of the first rocket from Cape Canaveral,…
On the verge of spring, the silvery etching of a tree appears across the winter white of western Alaska. Interlaced…
Space Shuttle Discovery's crew witnessed this bright full moon from orbit during a December 1999 mission that included servicing the…
The photo shows the "energy flash" when a projectile launched at speeds up to 17,000 miles an hour impacts a…
The Franz Joseph Strauss, or Munich, International Airport served 29 million passengers in 2005, making it Germany's second-busiest airport. The…
Like cascading snowflakes in the interstellar night, the strange shapes and textures of the stars in the Snowflake Cluster abound…
