Astronomers using images taken from the Very Large Telescope (actual name) in Chile have found the biggest stars ever, with one, called R136a1, said to be 265 bigger than the Sun.

Tonight, Jon Stewart put America's favorite insanity-ridden network in its place when he decried Fox News' anti-Muslim biases regarding NASA's recent foray into diplomacy, as well as the controversy over the construction of new mosques across the country. Video inside.

There is a no sex, no relationships policy on the International Space Station, NASA commander Alan Poindexter says, adding, "we are a group of professionals." True, but good luck avoiding the 100-mile-high club now that it's officially naughty.

Stephen has been spending a lot of time with NASA lately, and his quest to become a fake astronaut is almost complete. He cuts quite a handsome figure in an orange jumpsuit.

Remember that Easter earthquake in Baja California? NASA now says the earthquake physically moved the border city of Calexico 2.5 to the south. It's actually not that much: The Chile earthquake moved the city of Concepcion 10 feet west. [AP]

[The aurora australis, or "southern lights," as seen from the International Space Station. Discover Magazine's Bad Astronomer says it's caused by subatomic particles interacting with earth's magnetic field, which is almost as cool as our explanation, "Space Elves." Pic via]

According to the Hubble Space Telescope, there is a planet, with the unbelievably cool name of Wasp-12b, currently being "eaten" by a star. It only has 10 million years left, so enjoy it while it lasts. [BBC; pic via NASA]

This is pretty amazing. Uploaded to NASA's Flckr stream just two days ago, this is "the first ever image of Earth taken from the surface of a planet beyond the Moon," snapped by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in 2004.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory released images of the sun taken in March that include a "prominence eruption" and other crazy things that can take out satellite communications and power grids on Earth.

Fiscally conservative Tea Partiers just can't seem to nail down a message. They hate government spending, but want Obama to shell out more money so astronauts can play with big, expensive toys in outer space. Maybe they're just bored retirees?

Thousands of white people descended upon Washington, DC today to protest Kenyan socialism, or something, and where was President Obama? Oh, you know, in Florida, just cold chillin' with Gloria Estefan and talking shit about the Tea Party.

The International Space Station now has a powder room for sponge baths and a walk-in closet, which means there will be plenty of room to perform weightless somersaults while eating bananas and playing floating chess. [AP]

This morning, while most people were sleeping, NASA was busy preparing for its last nighttime launch at Cape Canaveral. Due to sweeping budget cuts, NASA is reducing the space program's size, and only three planned launches remain.

[People gather in Florida early this morning to catch a glimpse of the space shuttle Endeavor taking off in NASA's last planned night launch. Image via NASA]

President Obama is on a roll lately. He gave a sassy State of the Union and then he embarrassed House Republicans on TV and now he is agreeing with us that Space is Not Worth it.

A worker found "a small amount of white powder residue that was later confirmed to be cocaine" in the hanger of the shuttle Discovery at Kennedy Space Center. Great, now drug cartels are using space shuttles to ferry coke. [Space.com]

[Photographers take pictures of the space shuttle Atlantis as it launches in Cape Canaveral, Fla., today for an 11-day mission. Image via Getty]

Bombing the moon worked! NASA found water! Now we must blow it up entirely to see if there is life.

Sad Lisa Nowak, the 'astronut' who wanted nothing more than to be loved—and to avoid soiling her pants on her mission to attack, kidnap, and destroy her romantic rival—has been sentenced to 50 hours of community service.

[The Ares X-1 test rocket, a possible replacement for the space shuttle, stands ready for its successful un-manned, two-minute test launch today in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Image via Getty]