One More Item Found in Astounding HiRise Image of Phoenix Descending
Remember the amazing image that the HiRISE Camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured of the Phoenix Lander as it…
The Sunny Side of Asteroids
Asteroids with moons, called binary asteroids, are fairly common in the solar system. But scientists haven't been able to figure…
Phoenix Relegated to Scraping the Sidewalk
If humans ever build a city on Mars, perhaps (in its retirement) the Phoenix Lander can apply for a job…
Where In The Universe Challenge #11
Blue is my favorite color. Especially the shade of blue in the image for this week's "Where In The Universe"…
Wind Power From the Ocean (With Help from Space)
I drive regularly through Iowa and southern Minnesota in the US, and over the past few years wind farms have…
Sun-like Stars May Have Low Probability of Forming Planets
This protoplanetary disk in the Orion Nebula has a mass more than one hundredth that of the sun, the minimum…
StarGazer’s Telescope – Last Dance With Mars
Have you ever wondered what it was like to look through a real telescope? Tired of being clouded out night…
What is the Second Smallest Planet in the Solar System?
Pluto used to be the smallest planet, but it's not a planet any more. That makes Mercury the smallest planet…
The Yin and Yang of the NeXT Spacecraft
Hard and soft. Dark and bright. High and low. Wide and thin. JAXA and NASA. And that's just one spacecraft.…
What is the Second Biggest Planet in the Solar System?
The biggest planet in the Solar System is Jupiter. But the title for the second biggest planet in our Solar…