Servicing Spacecraft Makes an Automated Fly Around
Launching a spacecraft is a big investment. If anything goes wrong, you've got hundreds of millions of dollars of junk…
Science Experiments that Astronauts will Deploy on the Moon
NASA announced that it has selected 7 new experiments that might be carried to the Moon as part of the…
Imagining Plants on another Planet
If and when astronomers finally start discovering life on other worlds, they'll be wondering what kinds of lifeforms are there.…
Astrosphere for June 25, 2007
I hope everyone out there had a great weekend. Here's what's happening out in the astrosphere. Today's astrophoto is from…
What’s Up this Week: June 25 – July 1, 2007
Monday, June 25 - Today celebrates the birth of Hermann Oberth - who has often been considered the father of…
Podcast: Magnetism Everywhere
You probably don't realize it, but magnetic fields are everywhere. We're not talking about the magnets in your speakers, your…
Atlantis Home from STS-117
The space shuttle Atlantis touched down Friday afternoon after a successful mission servicing the International Space Station. Because of bad…
Plans for a Liquid Lunar Telescope
NASA-funded researchers are working on a clever technology that could deploy a gigantic telescope made from rotating liquid... on the…
Shuttle Landing Delayed Until Friday
The space shuttle Atlantis was supposed to land Thursday afternoon, but this was called off because of bad weather. The…
Come on Eta Carinae… Explode Already!
The death watch is on for Eta Carinae, a relatively nearby massive star that's set to explode as a supernova.…