Astronomy
New Submillimeter Image Reveals Glowing Stellar Nurseries
[/caption] Submillimeter astronomy used to be known as the last unexplored wavelength frontier. But this new image from the Atacama…
The Hydra Constellation
The sprawling constellation of Hydra was one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy and endures today to be the…
The Horologium Constellation
If you've got a clear view of the skies, and happen ti live in the southern hemisphere, there's a relatively…
Phoenix Lander At Mission’s End
[/caption] The Phoenix Mars Lander has not communicated since Nov. 2, and engineers from the mission assume the vehicle is…
Hercules
[/caption] The constellation of Hercules belongs to one of the 48 originals plotted by Ptolemy and has survived time to…
First Images of Asteroid 2008 TC3 Impact Aftermath
[/caption] A month after asteroid 2008 TC3 hit the Earth's atmosphere, the first ground-based image of the event has surfaced…
In Their Own Words: Apollo Astronauts say “We Went to the Moon”
[/caption] Someone approached me recently and wanted to ask about how the US faked going to the Moon back in…
Astronomers Discover Odd Kuiper Belt Pair
[/caption] Astronomers have discovered a pair of small Kuiper Belt Objects that are gravitationally bound to each other. This is…
Grus
[/caption] The constellation of Grus was originally created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Dutch sea navigators Pieter Dirkszoon…
NASA News Too Depressing for a Headline
OK, I give up. I've sat here for about a half an hour trying to come up with a headline…