Scenic vistas from . . . Mars by NASA’s Curiosity

This scene, taken by Curiosity on Sept. 5, 2015, shows the dark Murray Buttes in the foreground, the lighter-toned Murray… Continue reading →

Mars poses with the stars, Antares and M4

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Sebastian Voltmer]

Wandering through this stunning field of view, Mars really is in front… Continue reading →

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS]

Where is NASA’s rover Curiosity going on Mars? Its geographical goals… Continue reading →

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Yuri Beletsky (Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory, TWAN)]

Planet Earth’s horizon stretches across this recent… Continue reading →

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Michael Wilson]

This was a sky to show the kids. All in all, three… Continue reading →

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION / NASA, JPL-Caltech; Mosaic Processing: Marco Di Lorenzo, Kenneth Kremer]

Shortly before Mars’ June… Continue reading →

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Left Image: Damia Bouic; Right Image: NASA, JPL-Caltech]

How different does sunset appear from… Continue reading →

Early on a Saturday morning, about 60 planetary malcontents gathered in a narrow auditorium on the campus of George Washington… Continue reading →

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA]

It was late in the northern martian spring… Continue reading →

[CLICK IN IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Kevin Bourque]

Venus, named for the Roman goddess of love, and Mars, the war… Continue reading →