January 2011
Jack Johnson – To The Sea →
Maiden Voyage →
Astronauts Story Musgrave, left, and Don Peterson float in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Challenger during their April 7, 1983, spacewalk on the STS-6 mission. Their “floating” is…
Mars' Apollo 1 Hills →
An image taken from the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit’s PanCam at the spacecraft’s landing site shows the nearby hills named after the crew of Apollo 1—Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee….
Young Achievers →
From left, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Associate Director for Science Carl Wieman; NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver; Billings, Montana, Central Catholic High School…
Opportunity's Empty Nest →
This image taken by the panoramic camera aboard the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover’s empty lander, the Challenger Memorial Station, at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The image was…
The Early Cosmos →
Stars are forming in Henize 2-10, a dwarf starburst galaxy located about 30 million light years from Earth, at a prodigious rate, giving the star clusters in this galaxy their blue appearance. This…
LMFAO – I'm In Miami Bitch →
A Supermassive Black Hole →
In a single exposure, astronomers were able to confirm the existence of a supermassive black hole in the center of galaxy M84. They did this by using the Hubble Space Telescope’s more powerful…
Space Oddity →
In this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, an unusual, ghostly green blob of gas appears to float near a neighboring spiral galaxy. The bizarre object, dubbed Hanny’s Voorwerp (Hanny’s Object…
First Appearance →
Space shuttle Enterprise made its first appearance mated to supportive propellant containers/boosters cluster, as it was rolled from the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center en route to…
Stirring Up a Bloom Off Patagonia →
Off the coast of Argentina, two strong ocean currents recently stirred up a colorful brew of floating nutrients and microscopic plant life just in time for the Southern Hemisphere’s summer solstice….
Andromeda’s Once and Future Stars →
Two European Space Agency observatories combined forces to show the Andromeda Galaxy in a new light. Herschel sees rings of star formation in this, the most detailed image of the Andromeda Galaxy…
Kid Rock – Rock On →
Venus Rising →
This hemispheric view of Venus was created using more than a decade of radar investigations culminating in the 1990-1994 Magellan mission, and is centered on the planet’s North Pole. The Magellan…
Before the Winter →
This mosaic of images shows the soil in front of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit after a series of short backward drives during attempts to extricate the rover from a sand trap in January and…