The first set of highly detailed color images from a Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter camera will help scientists chose a landing site for a new rover due to be launched in 2009.
Thousands of sparkling young stars are enveloped by the giant nebula NGC 3603, located in the Milky Way about 20,000 light-years away from our solar system.
A striking seaweed, ribbon-like metal, and twisted geometry are just some of the winners of the 2007 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge.
A new rush to harvest iron, coal, and other minerals in Australia's Pilbara region is creating fortunes. But the unprecedented boom is also making life difficult for tourists, locals, and native groups.
Astronomers working with the SOHO probe have found their first regularly returning comet, a small tail-less body that flies by the sun every four years.