MSL News: Landing Sites and Naming Contest
Landing sites for the Mars Science Laboratory have been narrowed down to four intriguing places on the Red Planet. The…
“Loner” Galaxy is Actually in the ‘Hood
[/caption] Astronomers have long wondered why a small, nearby, isolated galaxy is pumping out new stars faster than any galaxy…
Astronomers Catch Binary Star Explosion Inside a Nebula
[/caption] The explosion of a binary star inside a planetary nebula has been detected, an event not witnessed for more…
MRO Finds Huge Underground Glaciers on Mars
[/caption] There's more than just a little ice under Mars' surface. According to data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter radar…
10 Years of the ISS in Pictures
[/caption] Ten years ago today the Russian built Zarya control module was launched into space and the International Space Station…
Cosmic Rays from Mysterious Source Bombarding Earth
[/caption] Scientists have discovered an unidentified source of high-energy cosmic rays bombarding Earth from space. They say it must be…
Where In The Universe #30
It's time once again for the Where In The Universe Challenge. Hard to believe we've done thirty of these already,…
Lost in Space: Tool Bag Overboard, Spider Missing
A tool bag floated away in space as spacewalking astronauts worked outside the International Space Station Tuesday. Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper had…
Comments for 2012: No Planet X
Because of the huge number of comments on this article, it was slowing down the server. I've created a separate…
NASA and Google Successfully Test Deep Space Internet
[/caption] Communication with spacecraft is vital for NASA, and since the World Wide Web has enabled easy, reliable and quick…