Amy Shira Teitel
New Data Find a Silver Lining of Cosmic Radiation
[/caption] Cosmic radiation, it seems, may be a blessing and a curse. A team of scientists based at the University…
How NASA Will Improve its Telescopes’ Vision
[/caption] Most of us have experienced the frustration of pollution, fog, or clouds turning a night of stargazing into an…
ALPHA Closes in on Antimatter
[/caption] We live in a universe made of matter. But at the moment of the Big Bang, matter and antimatter…
Our Early Universe: Inflation, or Something Totally Wacky?
[/caption] Astronomers generally accept the theory that our universe looks the way it does because of cosmic inflation -- rapid…
NEOShield: a Preemptive Strike Against Asteroids
[/caption] Scientists aren’t entirely sure when the last major asteroid hit the Earth, but it's certain to happen again. Alan…
NASA’s Going Green
[/caption] NASA announced yesterday that it’s looking for new technology proposals using environmentally friendly fuels to launch payload. The space…
Russia Sets Its Sights on the Moon for 2020
[/caption] Looks like Republican Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich might have some competition if he wants to be the first to…
Looks Like We’re Still Looking for Earthly Life Forms on Other Planets
[/caption] In late 2010, NASA set the Internet buzzing when it called a press conference to discuss an astrobiological finding…
NASA’s New Eyes in the Sky
[/caption] On March 14, NASA will launch the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array or NuSTAR. This is the first time a…
Remembering NASA’s Lost Astronauts
[/caption] Today is NASA’s Day of Remembrance, a occasion to recall the seventeen astronauts who have died in pursuit of…