Watch Herschel/Planck Launch Live
[/caption] The launch of the Herschel and Planck spacecraft is scheduled for 13:12 GMT (9:12 EDT) this morning (Thursday). You…
Debris Whizzes By Hubble, Shuttle; What Are We Going to do About Space Junk?
[/caption] NASA tracked a piece of orbital debris that came fairly close to space shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Space…
Where In The Universe #54
It’s Wednesday, so that means its time for another “Where In The Universe” challenge to test your visual knowledge of…
A New Drake Equation? Other Life Not Likely to be Intelligent
Looking for signals from distant civilizations might be an effort in futility, according to scientists who met at Harvard University…
US Air Force to Test Scramjet Aircraft
[/caption] The US Air Force has been developing an aircraft that employs an air-breathing scramjet engine, and hopes to run…
New Mechanism Explains Origins of Cometary Ingredients
Rocky planets like Earth are all believed to have begun as dust circling newly born stars, and clues about the origin…
Hubble Captured by Space Shuttle Crew
[/caption] The Hubble Space Telescope is now safely in the arms of space shuttle Atlantis. "Houston," a jubilant shuttle commander…
Galaxy Core
[/caption] A typical spiral galaxy is shaped like a flat spinning disk - think of a record. It has a…
How Do Galaxies Get Named?
[/caption] Andromeda, M31, Triangulum, NGC 2403 the Whirlpool... have you ever wondered how galaxies get their names? Galaxies usually have…
Galactic Alignment
[/caption] Just like the Earth orbits the Sun, the Sun itself is part of the Milky Way galaxy. It takes…