Carnival of Space #352
The tent is up! This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Pamela Hoffman at the Everyday Spacer blog. Click…
Earth From Space: The Moon Over Mexico
Happy Cinco de Mayo! This beautiful image of Earth from Space was taken earlier this year, but today is a…
Virtual Star Party – May 4, 2014: It’s Galaxy Season!
Hosts: Fraser Cain and Scott Lewis Astronomers: Gary Gonella, Andrew Dumbleton, Stuart Foreman, David Dickinson, Shahrin Ahmad and special guest…
Revisit Halley’s Comet – Stay Up Late for This Week’s Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
UPDATE: Watch a live webcast of the meteor shower, below, from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center during the night of…
“Fossil Galaxy” Discovered From the Early Universe
A small galaxy circling the Milky Way may be a fossil left over from the early Universe. The stars in…
Spectacular Aurora Sneaks in Quietly, Rages All Night
Expect the unexpected when it comes to northern lights. Last night beautifully illustrated nature's penchant for surprise. A change in…
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Student Designed Radiation Experiment Chosen to Soar aboard Orion EFT-1 Test Flight In Dec. 2014
When NASA’s next generation human spaceflight vehicle Orion blasts off on its maiden unmanned test flight later this year, a…
Object “G2” Still Intact at Closest Approach to Galactic Center, Astronomers Report
The latest observations by the Keck Observatory in Hawaii show that the gas cloud called “G2” was surprisingly still intact,…
Weekly Space Hangout – May 2, 2014: Gas Clouds & Photobombs
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter), Nancy Atkinson (@Nancy_A) (more…)
How Much Of The U.S. Public Supports Space Spending? Depends On How You Read The Stats
A few days ago, the Pew Research Center published an article about space exploration support starting with this sentence: "Many…