Astrosphere for June 27, 2007
Just give you all a warning, I'm going to be moving back to Vancouver, Canada in 2 days, so there…
Gamma Ray Observatory Will Launch in December
NASA has Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra to cover visible, ultraviolet, infrared and X-ray portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The next…
New Rocket Could Launch Really Big Telescopes
If you've got a really big rocket, what should you use it for? If you're an astronomer, you'll want it…
Double Supernovae Discovered
Supernovae are rare events, only occurring once every 25-100 years in galaxy. So it came as a complete surprise when…
Astrosphere for June 26, 2007
I'm running out of clever ways to introduce the astrosphere. Uh... here are some links? Today's photograph comes from Chris…
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…