Challenger Space Center Arizona

08/05/2016

How interesting!

New research shows the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Io collapsing as the sun is eclipsed by Jupiter and reviving once Io re-enters sunlight.

08/05/2016

LAST CALL! The Diamondbacks suite drawing ends today (8/5) at 3 pm. Get your donation tickets for just $20 each. You have a chance to win a suite for 18 people + 3 parking passes! Good luck!

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07/31/2016

Lots to look at in the August sky! Here's how to see everything ...

07/30/2016

Happy birthday, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration!

On this day in 1958, the U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America's activities in space.

07/27/2016

New NASA-funded research suggests that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may be the mysterious heat source behind Jupiter’s surprisingly high upper atmospheric temperatures.

New NASA-funded research suggests that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may be the mysterious heat source behind Jupiter’s surprisingly high upper atmospheric

07/26/2016

Failure is not an option! :)

07/26/2016

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Puzzling a Sky over Argentina

Image Credit & Copyright: Sergio Montúfar; Acknowledgement: Planetario Ciudad de La Plata / CASLEO observatory

Explanation: Can you find the comet? True, a careful eye can find thousands of stars, tens of constellations, four planets, three galaxies, and the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy -- all visible in the sky of this spectacular 180-degree panorama.

Also, if you know what to look for, you can identify pervasive green airglow, an earthly cloud, the south celestial pole, and even a distant cluster of stars. But these are all easier to find than Comet 252P/LINEAR.

The featured image, taken in el Leoncito National Park, Argentina in early April, also features the dome of the Jorge Sahade telescope on the hill on the far right. Have you found the comet yet? If so, good for you! It is the green spot on the left.

07/26/2016

Astronomers at the University of Michigan discovered for the first time that the hot gas in the halo of the Milky Way galaxy is spinning in the same direction and at comparable speed as the galaxy’s disk, which contains our stars, planets, gas, and dust.

Astronomers at the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) discovered for the first time that the hot gas in the halo of the

07/26/2016

Are you excited about the total solar eclipse coming in 2017? We are! (Poster courtesy of Great American Eclipse.com).

07/23/2016

Once a year, NASA's astronauts make a big change -- trading their vocation of conducting scientific experiments in space for one of underwater research.

For the next two and a half weeks, an international team of 'Aquanauts' will be living on the ocean floor at NASA's Aquarius habitat off the coast of Florida.

The year's NEEMO training will focus on preparing for deep space and Martian missions.