NASA Solar Forecasting Takes A Hit As Sun-Gazing Spacecraft Stops Phoning Home
A NASA spacecraft has been out of radio contact for about two weeks, but the agency is still holding out…
Get Ready for the Fireballs of October
On October 31st 2005, trick-or-treaters across the central U.S. eastern seaboard were treated to a brilliant fireball, a celestial spectacle…
A New Look at Dark Matter — Is the Milky Way Less of a Behemoth Than Previously Thought?
Astronomy is notorious for raising more questions than it answers. Take the observation that the vast majority of matter is…
Were Lunar Volcanoes Active When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth?
The Moon's a very dusty museum where the exhibits haven't changed much over the last 4 billion years. Or so…
Earth and Mars Captured Together in One Photo from Lunar Orbit
Wow, this doesn't happen very often: Earth and Mars together in one photo. To make the image even more unique,…
Bigelow Inflatable Module to be Added to Space Station in 2015
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are going to be getting an addition in the near future, and in the…
What Does Earth Look Like From the Moon?
If you could stand on the Moon and look back at the Earth, what would you see? How would it…
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NASA Inaugurates New Space Station Era as Earth Science Observation Platform with RapidScat Instrument
NASA inaugurated a new era of research for the International Space Station (ISS) as an Earth observation platform following the…
Watch the “Blood Moon” Eclipse from Mercury
Yes, it's another time-lapse of the October 8 lunar eclipse that was observed by skywatchers across half the Earth… except…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 10, 2014: Major Telescopes and Moon Water
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein) (more…)