“If you see one meteor shower this year, make it .” That’s the recommendation from NASA in its overview of the best annual showers. For 2015, the Perseids peak overnight Wednesday, Aug. 12 into the early morning hours of Aug. 13. Though the meteors travel quickly — up to speeds of — there’s still a solid chance to see some of these fireballs, with up to 100 meteors per hour dashing across the sky. “The Perseids are always a great...

A new image from Mars has the internet buzzing. The photo, taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover, appears to show a woman with long, flowing hair and a dress with a low neckline, standing on a rock facing towards the rover’s camera. NASA's Curiosity rover captured an image of what some are saying is a tiny woman on the Martian surface. (NASA) NASA hasn’t commented on the image, but it gained attention after the UFO Sightings Daily .“I have to admit,...

Stars and meteor streaks are seen behind a destroyed house, near Tuzla, Bosnia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak on Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) The Perseid meteor shower, which peaked overnight Wednesday into the early morning hours of Thursday, Aug. 13, was slated to be pretty spectacular, touted as the one of the best of the year by NASA, with up to 100 meteors per hour and the promise of little glare from...

Americans will get a front-row seat at a dazzling sky show two years from now when the next total solar eclipse passes directly over the middle of the country, an event that has prompted many observers to start calling it "the Great American Eclipse." Set to take place on Aug. 21, 2017, the eclipse will pass directly over a huge swath of the country stretching from Oregon to South Carolina, and will reach its peak –which astronmers call its points...

What does this cloud look like to you? (Jay Albert/capeannimages ) Terry Robinson was photographing a cosmic nebula near the constellation Cariana from his home in Melbourne, Australia when he captured something strikingly familiar in the interstellar cloud — The Statue of Liberty. Using a 10-year-old telescope he built himself, Robinson captured over 28 exposures at 1,800 seconds each to create the incredible image. When the photo was finally ready, Robinson couldn't help but notice that part of the nebula...

The Twin Jet Nebula (ESA/Hubble and NASA) Far away in the universe, what looks like a shimmering, rainbow-colored butterfly is the aptly named Twin Jet Nebula, a two-lobed nebula that creates extending jets of gas in an elongated bubble. Recently captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, this is not its first appearance. Officially named PN M2-9, it was by German-American astrologer Rudolph Minkowski, hence the “M” in the name. The “PN” refers to the fact that it is a planetary...

On Friday, the dome was closed and the study began. Six people recruited by NASA have started a yearlong study on a barren Hawaiian volcano inside a dome , according to the BBC. The goal: Make it through a full year under conditions that simulate a mission to Mars. The group is made up of , DW.com said. The four Americans chosen for the study are a doctor, pilot, architect and soil specialist, the report added. (MORE: ) According to...

Summer's end is officially near, as September's most-famous astronomical event — the autumnal equinox — is just around the corner. This annual transition from summer to fall occurs this year on Wednesday, Sept. 23. On this day, day and night are approximately equal in length, marking the northern hemisphere's move toward the shorter days of winter. After fall's official start, there's immediately something in the sky to look forward to: the appearance of a brilliant orange moon, nicknamed the ,...

At only 310 miles in diameter, one of Saturn's tiny moons might be hiding a big secret. Enceladus may be just 14 percent the size of Earth's moon, but NASA in the coming years, according to Space.com. They're hoping to launch a mission to the moon by the end of 2021, just after they begin a different mission to one of Jupiter's moons, Europa, in 2020, the report added. An artist's rendering of Saturn's moon Enceladus that depicts possible hydrothermal...

Astronaut Kjell Lindgren photographed this spectacular lightning strike on Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday. (MAP: ) This is just the latest lightning strike photo or video taken by various crewmembers aboard the ISS in recent years. However, what makes it unique is that you can see the reflection of the lightning strike on an ISS solar panel (top right). The photo also gives a beautiful view of space and the Earth's horizon. (Kjell Lindgren/Twitter/NASA) , so...

A large group of sunspots that rotated across the Sun from Aug. 21 to Aug. 26 started out as a single cluster, but gradually separated into distinct groups. The still image shows the separated group as it appeared on Aug. 26. (Solar Dynamics Observatory/NASA) From Aug. 21 to Aug. 26, the large group of sunspots scientists known as AR2403 were visible. They have since rotated out of view, but provided a spectacular sight. NASA reported that as the sun rotated...

NASA photographer Bill Ingalls recently captured one of the most unique images we've ever seen of the International Space Station. The International Space Station passes in front of the sun on Sept. 6, 2015. (NASA/Bill Ingalls) On Sunday, Ingalls was in the perfect spot to witness something incredible: the ISS passing in front of the sun. According to Space.com, in Virginia when he got the stunning shot. The photo is actually a composite of five images that show the ISS...