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…
Cassini Images Ring Arcs Among Two of Saturn’s Moons
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has imaged a faint, partial ring orbiting with one small moon of Saturn, and has confirmed the…
Phoenix Probe Says Both Yes and No to Water on Mars
[/caption] NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has a fork-like conductivity probe on it's robotic arm, and results from the instrument are…
Atlantis Rolls to the Launch Pad
[/caption] Thursday afternoon space shuttle Atlantis rolled out to Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, making it's slow…
The LHC Will Revolutionize Physics. Can it Revolutionize the Internet Too?
[/caption] We already know that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be the biggest, most expensive physics experiment ever carried…
US Astronauts May Have to Leave Space Station in 2012
[/caption] Because of stalled legislation that is needed to allow NASA to pay the Russian Space Agency to ferry US…
Communicating Via the Cepheid Galactic Internet
[/caption] If an alien species wanted to communicate with Earthlings, or any other civilization that might be out there, how…