Podcast: Ice in Space, Expansion of the Universe, and Death from the Skies
[/caption] Another week, another batch of questions. If ice disappears in your freezer, how can it last in space? How…
Podcast: The Moon, Part 1
Hey, here's a topic we haven't really gotten around to yet… the Moon. Today we look at our closest astronomical…
Hercules
[/caption] The constellation of Hercules belongs to one of the 48 originals plotted by Ptolemy and has survived time to…
Forgotten Apollo Data Could Solve Moon Dust Problem
Old, forgotten data from three Apollo moon missions could help overcome one of the biggest environmental hurdles facing future lunar…
First Images of Asteroid 2008 TC3 Impact Aftermath
[/caption] A month after asteroid 2008 TC3 hit the Earth's atmosphere, the first ground-based image of the event has surfaced…
Chandrayaan-1 Now Successfully in Lunar Orbit
[/caption] Chandrayaan-1, India’s first unmanned spacecraft mission to moon, successfully entered lunar orbit on November 8. The spacecraft fired its…
Declaration of Human Rights to be Sent to Space Station
[/caption]On December 10th 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in…
In Their Own Words: Apollo Astronauts say “We Went to the Moon”
[/caption] Someone approached me recently and wanted to ask about how the US faked going to the Moon back in…
Astronomers Discover Odd Kuiper Belt Pair
[/caption] Astronomers have discovered a pair of small Kuiper Belt Objects that are gravitationally bound to each other. This is…
Grus
[/caption] The constellation of Grus was originally created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Dutch sea navigators Pieter Dirkszoon…