Saturn’s Eerie Southern Lights
Earth isn't the only place that gets the Northern and Southern Lights, or auroras. NASA's Cassini spacecraft has taken an…
Mars Express Preparing to Look Underground
The MARSIS radar instrument on board Mars Express is now extended and fully operational, and ESA scientists have begun using…
Discovery and ISS Will Be Visible in the Southeast US
Skywatchers in the Southeastern United States will have an opportunity to watch the International Space Station and the space shuttle…
Astronauts Remember Columbia Crew
NASA astronauts on board Discovery and the International Space Station held a tribute to remember the crew of Columbia, which…
Space Shuttle Cleared for Landing
NASA has given the space shuttle Discovery a green light to return to Earth on Monday, August 8th. The agency's…
Massive Asteroids Transformed the Earth’s Surface
At least three massive asteroids smashed into the Earth more than 3.2 billion years ago, and caused such destruction, they…
Book Review: Cold Dark Matter
Ahhh, summer time and the livin' is light and easy. Per chance there's an opportunity to escape the textbooks, computer…
Hubble Sees a Field of Galaxies
The Hubble Space Telescope spent 40 hours gazing at the same spot in the sky to produce a photograph filled…
Cassini’s Zips Past the Death Star
NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a relatively close flyby of Saturn's moon Mimas on August 2nd, 2005. The 130 km (80…
Astronaut Successfully Plucks Out Filler From Shuttle’s Belly
Astronaut Steve Robinson successfully pulled out the protruding gap fillers from between the shuttle's thermal protection tiles during his 7…