New Submillimeter Image Reveals Glowing Stellar Nurseries
[/caption] Submillimeter astronomy used to be known as the last unexplored wavelength frontier. But this new image from the Atacama…
The Hydra Constellation
The sprawling constellation of Hydra was one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy and endures today to be the…
Spirit Rover in Trouble
[/caption] Martian dust storms are wreaking havoc with human spacecraft. Not only did a dust storm cut short the Phoenix…
Plutoid Eris is Changing… But We Don’t Know Why
[/caption]Eris, the largest dwarf planet beyond Neptune, is currently at its furthest point in its orbit from the Sun (an…
DIY ISS: Big Home Improvement Projects for Space Station
[/caption] Astronauts on the crew of STS-126, scheduled to launch on space shuttle Endeavour on Friday, Nov. 14 will be…
Impressive Craters on Earth
[/caption] Ever since our recent encounter with asteroid 2008 TC3 -- the first asteroid that was correctly predicted to hit…
The Horologium Constellation
If you've got a clear view of the skies, and happen ti live in the southern hemisphere, there's a relatively…
Phoenix Lander At Mission’s End
[/caption] The Phoenix Mars Lander has not communicated since Nov. 2, and engineers from the mission assume the vehicle is…
Carnival of Space #78
This week the Carnival of Space moves to Simostronomy. We've got news about magnetic field interactions, the Large Hadron Collider,…
DVD Review: The Universe – Season Two
[/caption] The 5 DVD package of the complete Season Two of The Universe by the History Channel provides over 14…