Dual Purpose “Blanket” Could Protect Astronauts, Generate Power on Moon
[/caption] If we're ever going to set up bases on the Moon for long-term – or even short term --…
Spirit Rover Stuck in “Difficult Situation”
[/caption] Of all the perilous situations and technological issues the two Mars rovers dealt with, soft soil wasn't tops on…
Atlantis HD Launch Video; Heat Shield Inspection Today
Following Monday's successful launch of the space shuttle, Atlantis and her crew are well on their way to rendezvous with…
Carnival of Space #102
The Carnival of Space keeps rolling right along. This week, #102 is hosted by Carolyn Collins Peterson, over at her…
Galactic Equator
[/caption] The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, measuring 100,000 light-years across, but only 1,000 light-years thick. Imagine a spinning…
Galactic Plane
[/caption] The Milky Way is a vast spiral galaxy, shaped a bit like a spinning record; just one that measures…
Distance to Andromeda
[/caption] The distance to the Andromeda Galaxy is 2.54 million light-years, or 778 kiloparsecs. The Andromeda Galaxy can be seen…
Galaxy Rotation
[/caption] Look across the Universe, and you'll see that almost everything is rotating. The Earth rotates on its axis as…
What is the Largest Galaxy?
[/caption] Galaxies can range in size from having just a few million stars to well over a trillion stars. But…
Ring Galaxy
[/caption] There are spiral galaxies and elliptical galaxies, but one of the strangest you're ever going to see is a…