Black Hole Mission Returns from the Dead
You can't keep a good mission down. I guess you can. Actually, it seems like most good missions are kept…
These are Tough Microbes, But They Don’t Come from Mars
You know the cliche, wherever we find water here on Earth, we find life. But what if the environment is…
SOHO Catches a Rare Species of Comet
The most successful comet hunter is not some dedicated amateur who sacrifices night after night searching for icy bodies from…
Book Review: The Telescope
The big bad wolf had big eyes to see better. But big eyes are only part of the solution for…
Tether to Keep Asteroid Explorers Grounded
Here on Earth, gravity keeps us firmly on solid ground. But when astronauts set foot on some of the more…
Astrosphere for September 26th, 2007
Here's your nice space photo for the day. You might not be aware, but when Venus is at its closest…
Dangerous Microbes Toughen Up in Space
Well this news can't be good. While human bodies tend to get weaker during long duration spaceflight, dangerous microbes just…
Searching for Objects Even Stranger Than Black Holes
Black holes are already plenty bizarre. Imagine all the mass of several suns compressed down into an object of potentially…
NASA Dreams Up Exotic Earth-Sized Planets
Science fiction writers have been imagining other worlds for years, and now they're going to get a little scientific help,…
Astrosphere for September 25th, 2007
First the photo. Winensky captured this great image of the Moon, using a 7-megapixel camera connected to a 3" reflector…