Planck Enters Retirement Shortly; This Picture Shows Just Some Of Its Views
With two days left before Planck switches off forever, the European Space Agency re-posted this beautiful image the telescope recently…
Here’s Your Chance To Fund A New Asteroid Search
The crowdfunding campaign is off to a slow start, but the PHASST-1 telescope still has more than a month to…
Virtual Star Party – October 20, 2013: In Space, Nobody can Hear You Waka-Waka-Waka-Waka!
Sunday's Virtual Star Party felt like a reunion, with Mike Phillips, Gary Gonella, and Roy Salisbury supplying images and Scott…
Why is Mars Red?
Another name for Mars is the Red Planet, and if you’ve ever seen it in the sky when the planet…
Skeleton Crew gets LADEE in Orbit, Checked Out and Fires Revolutionary Laser During Gov’t Shutdown
NASA’s new LADEE spacecraft successfully entered lunar orbit, is operating beautifully and has begun shooting its radical laser communications experiment…
Weekly Space Hangout – October 18, 2013: Penny4NASA, SpaceX Plans, ISON Lives!
This week for the Weekly Space Hangout, we were joined by an impressive team of space journalists and special guest…
Astronomers Map Dark Matter Throughout the Entire Universe
Warped visions of the cosmic microwave background - the earliest detectable light - allow astronomers to map the total amount…
NASA: Less Than 1% Chance That Asteroid 2013 TV135 Will Hit Earth In 2032
We'll skip straight to the good news: NASA says Earth is likely safe from Asteroid 2013 TV135. Calculations put the…
Students: Want To Get An Experiment Into Space? You Know You Want To
Beer brewing in space? That's what a preteen student will ask astronauts to do on the International Space Station soon.…
Tilt-A-Whirl! A Tale Of Strange Planetary Orbits In Kepler-56
A faraway group of planets is puzzling scientists. Newly reported Kepler-56's system has three planets -- two smaller ones close…