[UPDATE: We haves photographs now!] Last April, after a lot of lobbying, New York City was granted one of NASA's retired Space Shuttles. Sure, it's the shuttle that performed test flights in the atmosphere and never actually orbited space, but it's our shuttle. Today the Enterprise will finally come (to its new) home—flying over Hudson River, the Statue of Liberty and the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. (The arrival was already delayed once due to unfavorable weather.) more ›

[UPDATE: The latest word is that NASA has changed the—still tentative—date to this Friday morning. Updates to come as they confirm.] Yesterday the Space Shuttle Enterprise was scheduled to arrive in New York City (finally—it's been over a year since the announcement), but weather postponed its trip. Now NASA has selected tomorrow (Wednesday) morning for its fly-over and landing at JFK airport. The date is still tentative, but weather-permitting you can expect the Shuttle to be doing a low fly-over between 9:30 and 11 a.m., before landing at the airport. Following that, the Enterprise will be "demated" from the 747 and placed on a barge that will be tugged up the Hudson River to its new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in June. more ›

When we think of the ocean we think of lots of things—salt, whales, James Cameron, to name a few—but now thanks to NASA we're going to have to add Vincent Van Gogh to the list. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center this week released a time-lapse video, "Perpetual Ocean," made using ocean flow data during the period from June 2005 through December 2007. And it is gorgeous: more ›

We much prefer when NASA puts pretty pictures online (as opposed to super depressing ones) and this week they have not disappointed! In case there was any question that New York City is the tops, just look how much brighter we shine than the rest of the Eastern seaboard! more ›

NASA's Image of the Day is this picture of a "massive crack across the Pine Island Glacier, a major ice stream that drains the West Antarctic Ice Sheet." more ›

Who cares about seasonally appropriate weather finally coming, you guys? The sun just farted in our general direction! According to officials the strongest solar flare in more than six years is "bombarding the Earth with radiation." Woot! more ›

NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank, the commander of the International Space Station, saw what he described as a “green glowing arc” rising above the earth’s horizon on Wednesday night. What he caught sight of some 240 miles above Tasmania was actually Comet Lovejoy, a "sungrazer" (a comet on a path that takes it near the sun) recently discovered by amateur astronomer, Terry Lovejoy. Burbank was in awe of the sighting, which you can see in a video below; he called it “the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen in space.” more ›

You know the trippiest thing about space? It just goes on forever, man! And there's so much out there! Like the two new planets that NASA just discovered, hanging out 1000 light-years outside of our solar system, looking suspiciously similar in size to our very own Earth. more ›

The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) satellite that NASA said would fall to the Earth some time this weekend entered the Earth's atmosphere last night/early this morning. Where it landed, though, is a mystery. more ›

Since all anyone really wants to talk about today is Hurricane Irene—which had slowed down a little bit by 2 p.m. today according to the National Weather Service but is still "expected to remain a hurricane as it moves along the Mid-Atlantic coast on Sunday"—we would be remiss not to share this legitimately awesome hi-res video that NASA has just released of Hurricane Irene FROM SPACE: more ›

Break out the astronaut ice cream, it's the end of an era. As of today, NASA's space shuttle program has come to end, with Atlantis returning to earth. Reuters reports that NASA workers lined the runway at the Kennedy Space Center before dawn greet the crew, and shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach says, "I saw grown men and grown women crying today... Human emotions came out the runway today. You couldn't suppress them." more ›

As America's space vehicles are launched into retirement, and the Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum anticipates its very own shuttle, the Enterprise, the press is busy kicking its tires... or at least reflecting back on the glory days. For the shuttle Enterprise, there really aren't that many exciting stories (except that time the cast of Star Trek came to visit) because it never orbited space. However, this week the NY Post had astronaut Richard Truly pen a thoughtful look back at the Enterprise's days with NASA. more ›

As the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum and New Yorkers cheered over getting the NASA shuttle Enterprise, there were some unhappy campers—specifically ones in Texas. NASA also announced the shuttle Endeavor will go to LA's California Science Center, the Discovery will go to the Smithsonian and the Atlantis will go to Cape Canaveral, Florida. Texas Congressman John Culberson (R) said, "It is sad and unfortunate that politics played such an obvious role in the placement of theses retiring Orbiters. The thought of an Orbiter not coming home to rest at Space Center Houston is truly tragic. It is analogous to Detroit without a Model-T, or Florence without a da Vinci." more ›

While NASA still hasn't made an official announcement, sources say that the Shuttle Enterprise will be landing in New York City! It's final trip will have it landing on the deck of the Intrepid (okay, so it will probably be towed there), where later today they'll be screening the official announcement on a 40-foot wall. more ›

If you don't have rooftop access in your building, tonight might be the night to finally bite the bullet and break in. Due to the moon's elliptical orbit, the moon will appear bigger and closer tonight than it has in about 18 years, making it just that much easier to yell at. "It is called a supermoon because this is a very noticeable alignment that at first glance would seem to have an effect. The 'super' in supermoon is really just the appearance of being closer, but unless we were measuring the Earth-Moon distance by laser rangefinders...there is really no difference." said NASA's Dr. James Garvin. Here's a video explaining it: more ›

The biggest solar flare in four years exploded on the surface of the sun on Valentine's Day, probably coinciding with the exact moment when you saw the bill for dinner. A particle cloud has been barreling out from the giant star, and there have been concerns that the radiation could disrupt communication and navigation satellite. In China radio communication has already been affected, and AFP reports that this could "trigger blackouts around the world." But don't worry about the particle storm; NASA's Dean Pesnell insists, "It won't hit us dead-on." Which is exactly what the NASA scientist in the movies would tell the media before fleeing to his well-stocked bunker. more ›

The sleet predicted for this evening has come and along with it we seem to be getting a touch of hail and that elusive meteorological beast, the thundersnow. Just ask Twitter. We've heard reports of it over all over the city—did you see thundersnow? more ›