Taken: Feb 19, 2013

Taken: Feb 19, 2013

Taken: Feb 19, 2013

Meteor in Russia 

Taken: Feb 16, 2013

What you're looking at isn't exactly a black hole. Actually, it's the light, matter, and radiation spewed forth — and subsequently suspended in space — from a recently exploded star. 

Taken: Feb 14, 2013

Taken: Feb 13, 2013

Taken: Feb 13, 2013

Taken: Feb 13, 2013

This image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows a simulation of asteroid 2012 DA14 approaching from the south as it passes through the Earth-moon system on Feb. 15, 2013. The 150-foot object will pass within 17,000 miles of the Earth. 

Taken: Feb 8, 2013

Asteroid 2012 DA14 is about the size of half a football field and will make a close approach to Earth on Feb. 15. 

Taken: Feb 8, 2013

Graphic shows details of a Feb. 15 asteroid that will come close to Earth. 

Taken: Feb 8, 2013

Taken: Feb 5, 2013

Taken: Feb 5, 2013

Josh Lake (USA) submitted a stunning image of NGC 1763, part of the N11 star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. 

Taken: Jan 20, 2013

Taken: Jan 20, 2013

Taken: Jan 19, 2013

Taken: Jan 19, 2013

Taken: Jan 19, 2013

NASA Global Hawk being loaded with monitoring equipment for the ATTREX mission. 

Taken: Jan 14, 2013

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, and it will be almost three times the size of Hubble. JWST has been designed to work best at infrared wavelengths. This will allow it to study the very distan 

Taken: Jan 14, 2013

Final flight path for NASA's twin gravity-mapping Grail probes, “Ebb” and “Flow,” which impacted the moon on Dec. 17, 2012 

Taken: Jan 14, 2013

Taken: Jan 12, 2013

Taken: Jan 12, 2013

Light from the most distant quasar yet seen reveals details about the chemistry of the early universe. 

Taken: Jan 11, 2013