Finding Life in All the Unlikely, Unexpected Places
Just one of several weather stations set up at Chott El Jerid, a Tunisian saltpan, measuring temperature, humidity, ultraviolet radiation,…
Want to Look Inside a Burning Rocket Engine?
Here's a bit of pretty amazing hobby rocket porn. Ben Krasnow walks us through -- in a rather matter-of-fact way…
Astrophoto: A Year of Mars Observations by Efrain Morales
Mars from July, 2011 to June 2012. Credit: Efrain Morales, Jaicoa Observatory Superman has nothing on this big "S" created…
Astronomers Discover Milky Way’s Hot Halo
Artist's illustration of a hot gas halo enveloping the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds (NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; NASA/CXC/Ohio State/A.Gupta et al.) Our…
Virtual Star Party – Sep. 23, 2012: The Friendly Competition Edition
In this week's Virtual Star Party, we took a last peek at some objects low on the horizon, and then…
Work Begins on the World’s Largest Cosmic Ray Observatory
Caption: Lake Baikal. Credit: SeaWiFS Project NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and ORBIMAGE Construction has just begun at the Tunka Valley…
Carnival of Space #268
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Stefan Lamoureux at the Links Through Space website, the site of an…
Fly Over California Alongside a Space Shuttle!
A view of Endeavour and SCA over California from one of NASA's F/A-18 chase planes (NASA/DFRC) We've shared several videos…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: September 24-30, 2012
"Shine on, shine on Harvest Moon... Up in the sky..." Oh! Howdy, fellow SkyWatchers! The seasons are most surely showing…
Curiosity Shows Off Its Credentials
Plaque on the exterior of Mars Science Laboratory, aka "Curiosity" (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) Curiosity drops a few rather big names in recent…