Super-Tools Essential to Hubble Mission Success
[/caption] Astronauts from the STS-125 mission have now successfully completed all the EVAs for the Hubble Servicing Mission, accomplishing all…
Poetry in Space: Final Pilgrims to the Hubble Space Telescope
[/caption] As today's final spacewalk of the Hubble Servicing Mission begins, it seems very fitting to share a poem written…
Hubble Servicing Mission 4 in Pictures, Part 1
[/caption] The long-awaited Servicing Mission 4 for the Hubble Space Telescope has provided drama, nail-biting excitement, fist-pumping triumphs and 'what…
M94 – The “Cat’s Eye” Galaxy by Roth Ritter
[/caption] About 13 million light-years away in the constellations Canes Venatici, there's a cloud. No, it's not the same clouds…
Marathon EVA for Hubble Astronauts
[/caption] The Hubble Space Telescope kept throwing curveballs at spacewalking astronauts on Friday, but with more elbow grease and a…
New Star Trek Movie Beamed Up to Space Station
[/caption] In a convergence of science fiction and current technology, the new Star Trek movie has been "beamed up" to…
On Your Mark, Get Set, Let’s Find Planets!
[/caption] The checkout and calibration phase for the Kepler spacecraft has been completed, and now the telescope will begin one…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast: May 15-17, 2009
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! With the Moon just a bit more out of the early evening picture, let's enjoy the galaxy…
Amazing Images of Shuttle and Hubble Transiting Sun
[/caption] No, these aren't sunspots finally appearing on our currently quiet sun. Check out these amazing images taken by photographer…
Triangulum Galaxy
There are three large spiral galaxies in our Local Group of galaxies. Our Milky Way is one, of course, and…