From: redOrbit on Sat, Oct 30 2010 9:47 AM

Venus in the morning, gas giants in the evening and meteors after midnight. credit: NASA/JPL

From: redOrbit on Sat, Oct 30 2010 9:47 AM

Ariane 5’s fourth launch of 2010. credit: ESA

From: redOrbit on Thu, Oct 28 2010 9:47 AM

The Transonic Dynamics Tunnel, or TDT, has contributed to the safety and development of a variety of aerospace vehicles and structures — from planes to rockets and spaceships to parachutes. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Wed, Oct 27 2010 9:47 AM

This animation depicts the next-generation search and rescue system, the DASS. Under this system, instruments used to relay emergency beacon signals will be installed on GPS satellites. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Wed, Oct 27 2010 9:47 AM

The globular star cluster Omega Centauri has caught the attention of sky watchers ever since the ancient astronomer Ptolemy first catalogued it 2,000 years ago. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Wed, Oct 27 2010 9:47 AM

his prototype from the University of Manchester (UK) shows an Active Appearance Model tracking 22 facial features (superimposed in yellow and red) in real-time on a Nokia N900 mobile phone. credit: University of Manchestor

From: redOrbit on Tue, Oct 26 2010 9:47 AM

Space shuttle Discovery rolls out to her seaside launch pad; and her payload is reviewed for the STS-133 mission. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Tue, Oct 26 2010 9:47 AM

NASA astronaut and International Space Station Commander Doug "Wheels" Wheelock became the first person to "check in" from space using the mobile social networking application Foursquare on Oct. 22. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Sat, Oct 23 2010 9:47 AM

This video is Buzz Aldrin, most popularly known for his part in the Apollo 11 mission, talking to RedOrbit about the need for a dedicated space taxi. Credit: BuzzAldrin.com - Read more

From: redOrbit on Fri, Oct 22 2010 9:48 AM

Peter Schultz and graduate student Brendan Hermalyn analyzed data from bits of the Moon’s surface kicked up by a NASA-engineered collision. They found unexpected complexity and traces of silver.

From: redOrbit on Fri, Oct 22 2010 9:48 AM

Using the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA), NASA scientists have created the first-ever comprehensive catalog of large craters on the moon. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Thu, Oct 21 2010 2:21 PM

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have measured the distance to the most remote galaxy so far, UDFy-38135539, which we see as it was when the Universe was only about 600 million years old (a redshift of 8.6). credit: ESO

From: redOrbit on Thu, Oct 21 2010 2:20 PM

A simulation of the era of reionisation. When the Universe cooled down after the Big Bang, about 13.7 billion years ago, electrons and protons combined to form neutral hydrogen gas. credit: ESO

From: redOrbit on Wed, Oct 20 2010 9:38 AM

This animation illustrates an unexpected warm spot on the surface of a gaseous exoplanet. NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope discovered that the hottest part of the planet, shown here as bright, orange patches on the surface, is not directly under the glare of its star but over to the side. ...

From: redOrbit on Sat, Oct 16 2010 1:14 AM

This SOHO/EIT sequence records two huge solar flares that were detected in October 2003. Credit: ESA/NASA

From: redOrbit on Sat, Oct 16 2010 1:14 AM

Three members of the Canadian band Nickelback speak from Mission Control, Houston with astronauts and fans Doug Wheelock and Scott Kelly aboard the International Space Station.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Oct 14 2010 9:24 PM

Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock shares his thoughts on the Chilean miners' rescue. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Thu, Oct 14 2010 9:24 PM

The technology exists today for parents to select the sex of their child, a practice that’s raising some eyebrows.

From: redOrbit on Wed, Oct 13 2010 9:12 PM

This video shows the relative positions of Earth and asteroid P/2010 A2 in early 2010. credit: NASA/ESA/D. Jewitt (UCLA)

From: redOrbit on Wed, Oct 13 2010 9:12 PM

This video, based on a series of observations made by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, clearly shows the slow evolution of the debris coming from asteroid P/2010 A2. credit: NASA/ESA/D. Jewitt (UCLA)