Goodbye Jules Verne: ATV Undocks From Station
[/caption] Europe's most advanced robotic spaceship, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), has effectively ended its 6-month mission to the International…
Kuiper Belt Object Travelling the Wrong-Way in a One-Way Solar System
[/caption] A strange Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) has been discovered orbiting the Sun in the wrong direction. The object, designated…
Black Holes Can Only Get So Big
[/caption] Black holes are thought to exist throughout the universe, with the largest and most massive found at the centers…
Explore Earth’s Satellites with Google Earth
[/caption] OK, I've just wasted an hour in simulated space, checking out some of the active and junked satellites orbiting…
New Report: LHC Switch-on Fears Are Completely Unfounded
[/caption] We don't mean to beat a dead horse – both Fraser and Ian have already covered this topic quite…
Sleek, Sexy Spacecraft to Launch Next Week
[/caption] This has to be the sexiest looking spacecraft ever built by humankind. No, it's not a starship or battle…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – September 5 – 7, 2008
Greetings, fellow Skywatchers! The weekend has arrived at last and with it... more lunar challenge studies. Are you ready to…
Podcast: Science Fiction at Dragon*Con with Plait and Grazier
[/caption] Pamela left Fraser behind (with sorrow) and took on Dragon*Con and the facts (or lack there of) in Science…
Carnival of Space #69
[/caption] This week, the Carnival of Space is over at Free Space, the blog of Irene Klotz, a correspondent with…
The Quirks and Quarks Guide to Space
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation provides the eclectic radio show Quirks & Quarks. In it, the hosts serve up hot scientific…