US Space Missions
The United States has launched dozens of missions into space. Most people can only recall two with ease: Apollo 11…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – December 5-7, 2008
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready to spend a weekend with the Moon? If you have children or grandchildren around,…
First Images Emerge of Damage to the LHC, Replacements Arrive
[/caption]On September 19th, CERN announced that the Large Hadron Collider had suffered a major incident, known as a "quench". An…
How Old is the Milky Way?
If you were going to throw a birthday party for the Milky Way, how many candles would you put on…
Center of the Milky Way
[/caption] The center of the Milky Way is a pretty happenin' place. As with most other galaxies, there is a…
Future Missions to Mars Will be Joint NASA/ESA Efforts
[/caption] Future missions to Mars, including a sample return mission will be joint endeavors between NASA and the European Space…
Hubble Repair Mission Will Launch in May ’09
NASA announced Thursday that space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted to launch May…
Podcast: Time
[/caption] Today, time rules our lives. We live each day with the moments broken up into hours, minutes and seconds.…
Teddy Bears Go To Space
[/caption] I don't think this is what Iran has in mind about launching animals into space, but … you never…
Students Find Exoplanet
[/caption] Three undergraduate students doing a research project discovered an extrasolar planet. The planet is about five times as massive…