Russian Space Official: Shuttles Could Fly Beyond 2011
[/caption] Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos head Anatoly Perminov said earlier today in Moscow that he hopes that the US…
Water on the Moon: What Does it Mean?
[/caption] The Moon has been turned upside down. Figuratively, of course. La Luna still orbits and phases as it always…
Tsunami Pictures
Tsunamis are some of the most devastating natural disasters. The recent Boxing Day Tsunami was generated by an enormous earthquake…
New Images Reveal “Pure” Water Ice at Low Latitudes on Mars
[/caption] Images of recent impact craters taken by the HiRISE Camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed sub-surface water…
Pyramids On Mars
[/caption]The Pyramids on Mars are hills or mountains on the surface of Mars that, from a low resolution image, have…
Third and Final Flyby of Mercury for MESSENGER Next Week
[/caption] Next week, on September 29, 2009 the MESSENGER spacecraft will fly by Mercury for the third and final time,…
The Saturn System: A Feast for the Eyes
[/caption] The Cassini team released some incredible images earlier this week of the Saturn system during equinox, and followed up…
Where In The Universe #72
Here's this week's image for the WITU Challenge, to test your visual knowledge of the cosmos. You know the drill:…
Sky Scouting Out Astronomy Fun!
What happens when you mix a large group of kids with a telescope that talks? Chances are, you've got a…
IYA “Live” Telescope Today – NGC 7009
Did you get a chance to catch the live action on our southern hemisphere based telescope today? Then you missed…