Mystery Moonlets Cause Constant Changes in Saturn’s F Ring
Scientists from the Cassini mission are finding Saturn's rings to be very dynamic; constantly changing and evolving. This is especially…
Listen to Terra Chat Live Tonight: 2012 and the Mayan Prophecy (Updated)
Update (Monday, June 9th): Listen to the recorded show from last night (June 8th) with Colin Knight and myself. In…
Can a Wormhole Generate its Own Magnetic Field?
Wormholes are a strange consequence of Einstein's theory of general relativity. These "shortcuts" through the fabric of space and time…
Images From The STS-124 Mission
The crew of the STS-124 mission has been busy installing equipment on the International Space Station, fixing a toilet, and…
Temperature of Mars
[/caption] Mars is farther from the Sun than the Earth, so, as you would expect, the temperature of Mars is…
Possible Solution to Solar Flare Damage to Satellites
When a solar flare blasts energetic particles and magnetic flux at Earth, our satellites are on the front line. As…
Phoenix Suffers Unknown Problem with Sample Analysis Oven
The first sample for scientific analysis dug from the surface of the Mars has failed to make it to the…
SkyWatcher Alert: Moon, Mars, Saturn and More…
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! As the summer heats up for the northern hemisphere and the winter cools down the southern, we're…
Mars Tilt
Of all the features of Mars, its axial tilt is most similar to Earth. Mars' tilt is 25 degrees, just…
Mars Dust Storms
Mars dust storms are much different than the dust devils that many people have seen in images sent back from…