New photos of Mars from NASA's Curiosity rover have sparked a buzz of discussion over an odd formation that some have dubbed a "flower" embedded in a Martian rock. The rover has also found a snake-like rock formation winding across the Red Planet's surface. [Full Story]
The antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) sit under the stars of the southern sky as they appear to whirl overhead. Babak Tafreshi took the long-exposure photograph on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes. When ALMA construction is completed in 2013, the telescope will possess 54 of these 12-meter diameter antennas, and twelve 7-meter antennas. Image released Dec. 31, 2012. [More Amazing Daily Space Photos]
Astrophotographer Sean Parker produced this image of Quandrantid meteors over Tucson, AZ, on Jan. 3, 2013. [Full Image Gallery]
The rear of the stone from the Tissint Martian meteorite is almost completely covered with a glossy black fusion crust. [Full Image Gallery]
Artist's rendering of NASA's Wind probe, which launched in 1994 to investigate the solar wind. [Full Image Gallery]
An upside Christmas tree decorates the International Space Station during the Expedition 34 mission in 2012 in this photo snapped by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. [Full Image Gallery]
A photo from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft shows dark streaks of organic material radiating from a huge crater on the giant asteroid Vesta. [Full Story]
A huge solar eruption from the sun on New Year's Eve (Dec. 31) was large enough to swallow 20 Earths. Still, the sun storm was only a minor solar event, scientists say. [Full Story]
See photos of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), a huge collection of radio telescopes being built in the desert of Chile. [Full Image Gallery]
The moon and Jupiter appear to rest for a while over the thermal lake of Hévíz in Hungary. [Full Story]
Planned for use by astronauts as they travel to new deep-space locations, the next generation suit will incorporate a number of technology advances to shorten preparation time, improve safety and boost astronaut capabilities during spacewalks and surface activities.
