Billions of Habitable Worlds Likely in the Milky Way
[/caption] Could there be ‘tens of billions’ of habitable worlds in our own galaxy? That’s the results from a new…
“Snowing Microbes” On Saturn’s Moon?
[/caption] Enceladus, Saturn's 318-mile-wide moon that's become famous for its ice-spraying southern jets, is on astronomers' short list of places…
TV Viewing Alert: NASA’s Unexplained Files
Countless mysterious objects have been caught by NASA's cameras, and usually the events can be explained logically. The Science Channel…
Join in the Discussion of the Future of Human Spaceflight, Live from SEDS
What’s the latest on the future of human spaceflight and exploration? Join in on the discussion with a live videostream…
Brain Surgery, Fixing the Space Station’s Toilet and Orbital Cremation
"As you can imagine, all works comes to a stop on the Space Station when the toilet breaks," said astronaut…
Psychedelics in the Sky: NASA Launches 5 Rockets in 5 Minutes
[/caption] After several days of delays due to weather and technical issues, NASA has now successfully launched five suborbital sounding…
Carnival of Space #242
[/caption] This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Ray Sanders at his Dear Astronomer blog. Click here to read…
One Night, Dozens of Triple Conjunctions
[/caption] Last night (March 25, 2012), Jupiter, Venus and the Moon put on quite a show, and Rick Ellis from…
An Ultraviolet, Ultraviolent Supernova Shockwave
[/caption] You're looking at an insanely beautiful image of the Cygnus Loop nebula captured by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)…
You’ll Only See This Landform on Mars, Nowhere on Earth
[/caption] Geologists are often surprised to find features on Earth replicated on other worlds; ancient riverbeds on Mars, lakes on…