... The timing of the bright passage was about 10 minutes after the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-124 mission from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in the southeastern US. The Dark River to Antares . ... Connecting the Pipe Nebula to the bright star Antares is a flowing dark cloud nicknamed the Dark River. ... Unusual Light Patch Under Phoenix Lander on Mars . ... Is that ice under the Phoenix spacecraft on Mars? ... A Fog Bow Over Ocean Beach . ... Dark Clouds of the Carina Nebula . ...