The “Potsdam Gravity Potato” Shows Variations in Earth’s Gravity
People tend to think of gravity here on Earth as a uniform and consistent thing. Stand anywhere on the globe,…
New ‘Star Wars’ Trailer A Force Among Fans — And An Inspiration For Lego Parody
Just how fast can X-wings hope of Star Wars fans go? In the first day since the new Star Wars:…
Astronomers Poised to Capture Image of Supermassive Milky Way Black Hole
Scientists have long suspected that supermassive black holes (SMBH) reside at the center of every large galaxy in our universe.…
Delaying Death: Mercury Spacecraft Firing Engines To Stay Up Until 2015
Don't take these spectacular Mercury images (below the jump) for granted. Three weeks ago, NASA's orbiting Mercury spacecraft did an…
“Eye of Sauron” Galaxy Used For New Method of Galactic Surveying
Determining the distance of galaxies from our Solar System is a tricky business. Knowing just how far other galaxies are…
Beam Me Up, Mars! Uwingu Will Send 90,000 Radio Messages There Today
Maybe you can't climb on a rocketship to Mars, at least yet, but at the least you can get your…
Rocket Remains? Video Shows ‘Pieces Of Whatever’ Flaming High Above Belgrade
Just before dawn on Wednesday (Nov. 26), a pilot in Belgrade caught this stunning video of a "huge number of…
Here’s Your Sign: Are You an Ophiuchian?
It happens to all lovers of astronomy sooner or later. I once had a friend who was excited about an…
Orion on Track at T MINUS 1 Week to First Blastoff – Photos
At T MINUS 1 Week on this Thanksgiving Holiday, all launch processing events remain on track for the first blast…
NASA’s Van Allen Probes Spot Impenetrable Radiation Barrier in Space
It's a well-known fact that Earth's ozone layer protects us from a great deal of the Sun's ultra-violet radiation. Were…