Book Review: Space Race
History isn't the recitation of facts and dates. It's about bringing to life the spirit and passion of those who've…
NASA Announces Long Term Plans for the Moon
NASA announced new details about its lunar ambitions today, providing details about other nations will get involved in a return…
NASA’s Spirit Rover… From Space
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is peering down at spacecraft on the surface of Mars again. This time it's turning its…
What’s Up this Week: December 4 – December 10, 2006
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! While things are cooling down in the northern hemisphere, they're heating up for the south as our…
First Negatively Charged Space Molecules Discovered
Until now, all the molecules discovered in space were either neutral or positive in charge. But astronomers have turned up…
Organic Material Found in an Ancient Meteorite
NASA researchers have discovered organic material inside a meteorite the recently fell in Canada's Tagish Lake. The meteorite is especially…
The Great Observatories View Supernova Remnant N49
Hubble, Chandra, and Spitzer - NASA's three Great Observatories - teamed up to create this beautiful photograph of supernova remnant…
Measuring the Shape of Supernove Explosions
Type 1a supernovae are used to measure distance in the Universe because they explode with the same brightness, detonating when…
Discovery Launch Planned for December 7
NASA senior managers have picked December 7 for the next launch for the space shuttle Discovery. If all goes well,…
Podcast: HiRise View of Mars
If you want to get a good view of something, you'll want a big telescope, or you want to get…