NASA’s Spirit Rover sent back an image that went viral due to the appearance of a rock that looked like a gorilla and a camel. (NASA) NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has managed to capture some amazing images over the past few years. Recently, several images have gone viral because some stargazers, such as members of the blog , have noticed unusual formations on the planet that appear out of the ordinary. While the observations have caused parts of the internet...

The Hubble Space Telescope's image of the galaxy GN-z11, the farthest space object ever recorded. (NASA,ESA, P. Oesch (Yale University), G. Brammer (STScI), P. van Dokkum (Yale University), and G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz) In the famed Hubble Space Telescope's nearly 26 years orbiting Earth, never has its exploration of the cosmos reached so far. On March 3, scientists working with the instrument announced that they set a space-distance record for the farthest galaxy ever spotted — simultaneously...

The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted Galaxy GN-Z11, 13.4 billion light years away. ...

A 100-foot long asteroi named 2013 TX68 will whiz by our planet March 8, researchers say. According to NASA, 2013TX68 will flyby roughly 3 million miles from the Earth. Though there is a chance it could come closer, it won’t come any nearer than 15,000 miles above our planet’s surface. The asteroid was originally predicted to pass Earth on March 5. New projections were made after scientists at the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) compared archived images to their...

Bluish-white water ice clouds hang above the Tharsis volcanoes on Mars. (Stocktrek Images/Getty Images) A massive volcanic eruption on Mars caused the entire face of the planet to tilt by 25 degrees, a new study finds. Around 3.5 to 3 billion years ago, the Tharsis volcanic dome — which happens to be the largest in the entire solar system measuring nearly half the size of France — erupted, altering the planet's face, according to a new study in the weekly...

An intense geomagnetic storm shot amazing streaks of color across the sky to the delight of stargazers in the United Kingdom and Germany on Sunday night. The eye-popping Aurora Borealis light display was a rare treat for these central Europeans, as the phenomenon is typically only visible to people living in farther north latitudes. (MORE: Stargaze — The Most Beautiful Skies in the World) Many excited amateur astronomers snapped exquisite shots of the nighttime sky lit up in striking purple,...

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch, as seen through the window of a nearby airplane. (Reddit.com) SpaceX was finally able to get their Falcon 9 rocket launched Friday night, despite having to scrub the previous four attempts, and one lucky passenger on an airplane was able to snap a photo as the spacecraft sped away from the Earth’s surface. The picture captures the rocket launch, on which a 12,000-pound broadcast satellite was being brought into orbit, says Popular Science. The photographer, a...

An ultraviolet image of Mars' moon Phobos, taken by the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) orbiter from 186 miles away. (CU/LASP and NASA) In early December 2015, MAVEN was conveniently crossing the path of Phobos' orbit, making its observations that NASA scientists are analyzing today. (CU/LASP and NASA) Mars' largest and most mysterious moon, Phobos, isn't like our moon. It's lopsided, covered in grooves, and NASA scientists think it may be falling apart. But anew photo from the Mars...

A Bangladeshi man watches a partial solar eclipse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. Bangladeshi and Indian people in northeast and eastern coastal strip of the sub-continent viewed a partial solar eclipse as a total eclipse of the sun unfolded over Indonesia on Wednesday, briefly plunging cities into darkness and startling wildlife. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad) Sky gazers were enthralled on Wednesday as a total eclipse was visible to manyin Southeast Asia. Excited watchers cheered and others "knelt" in...

This colorful view of Mercury was produced by using images from the color base map imaging campaign during MESSENGER's primary mission. These colors are not what Mercury would look like to the human eye, but rather the colors enhance the chemical, mineralogical, and physical differences between the rocks that make up Mercury's surface. ( NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington) One of the universe’s oldest mysteries that continues to puzzle scientists is the dark appearance of the...

Astronomers are taking a closer look at what could be clouds Pluto's the low altitude haze layer. (NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI) When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sent back the first high-definition images of Pluto, the world was captivated. After having some time to get a closer look, astronomers have uncovered newfeatures that add to the argument that Pluto should become a planet once again. Astronomer Will Grundy of the Lowell Observatory in Arizona took a closer look and found bright spots that appeared...

Rare sky phenomenon observed from the Rhigos Mountain. (Dark Sky Wales/Allan Trow/Andy Burns) A team of stargazers in the United Kingdom were stunned to spot a rareatmospheric optical phenomenon in the night sky known as light pillars. Bright orange streaks were briefly seen over theRhigos Mountain in Wales to the delight of constellation watchers out in the field. Veteran astronomerAllan Trow told weather.com that it was the first time his group had witnessed such a sight, which lit up in...