Apollo 11 Play Aims To Showcase Landing To Teenagers And Inspire Space Love
A big challenge of making history "real" to students is finding a way to make it identifiable. Back in the…
Can Moons Have Moons?
The Earth has a single moon, while Saturn has more than 60, with new moons being discovered all the time.…
Virtual Star Party – February 23, 2014 – Nebulae, Sunspots, and Planet “X”?!?
Hosts: Fraser Cain & Scott Lewis Astronomers: David Dickinson, Gary Gonella, James McGee, Mike Simmons, Roy Salisbury, Shahrin Ahmad, Tom…
Yutu Moon Rover Starts 3rd Night Time Hibernation But Technical Problems Persist
Chang’e-3/Yutu Timelapse Color Panorama This newly expanded timelapse composite view shows China’s Yutu moon rover at two positions passing by…
An Incredible Visualization of Asteroids from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Who knew asteroids could be so beautiful and mesmerizing? In 2008, a group of astronomers led by Alex Parker did…
Powerful New Next-Gen US/Japan GPM Satellite to Revolutionize Global Precipitation Observations and Climate Science Research
NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, MARYLAND - Weather researchers and forecasters worldwide are gushing with excitement in the final days…
How We Will Retrieve Dead Satellites In The Future? Hint: It Likely Won’t Be Using Astronauts
I'll admit it: I'm too young to remember 1984. I wish I did, however, because it was a banner year…
Dale Gardner, Astronaut Who Rescued A Satellite With A Jetpack, Dead At 65
When Dale Gardner smiled for this preflight picture somewhere around 1983, there was another mission on his horizon: picking up…
Comet ISON Hosted A Rare Kind Of Nitrogen, Hinting At Reservoirs In Young Solar System
Comet ISON -- that bright comet last year that broke up around Thanksgiving weekend -- included two forms of nitrogen…
Like Yoda This Moon Shadow Looks. Yes, hmmm?
Scientists from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter say that Icarus Crater is one of a kind on the Moon because its…