Shuttle Endeavour to Launch on March 11th; View the STS-123 Interactive Mission Timeline
We haven't had time to catch our breath after STS-122 touched down on February 20th, only nine days ago, and…
Final Detector in Place at the Large Hadron Collider
One of the most complicated construction projects ever attempted reached a major milestone today. The final large detector element for…
What Happens When Supermassive Black Holes Collide?
As galaxies merge together, you might be wondering what happens with the supermassive black holes that lurk at their centres.…
Massive Stars Need Their Smaller Siblings To Grow
So how do rare massive stars grow 10 to 150 times the mass of our Sun? It turns out that…
Development Problems May Delay Mars Science Laboratory Mission Until 2011
NASA's over budget Mars Science Laboratory mission, scheduled for a 2009 launch, may be delayed due to problems with the…
NASA and ESA Orbiters Join Forces to Prepare for Phoenix Arrival on May 25th, 2008
When the Phoenix lander hits the Martian atmosphere at over 20,000 km/h, at least it will feel safe in the…
Help Map Our Dark Skies
Have you ever really seen the night sky -- a sky without any pollution from artificial light sources? Over half…
Carnival of Space #43
This week, it's an Academy Awards-themed Carnival of Space over at the blog "Starts with a Bang". Awards were handed…
New NASA Animation Lets You Land on the Moon
Using new high resolution terrain mapping data obtained by the Deep Space Network, NASA has created some new animations that…
UK Reinstated as Full Member of Gemini Project
It is official: the UK is back as a full member of the Gemini Observatory international partnership. At the beginning…