Saturn’s “Wispy” Moon Has An Oxygen Atmosphere
[/caption] There's oxygen around Dione, a research team led by scientists at New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory announced on…
SpaceX Completes Important “Wet Dress” Rehearsal Test for Upcoming Flight to Space Station
[/caption] SpaceX successfully completed a key test of the Falcon 9 rocket that will fly the first commercial flight to…
The Latest Exoplanet News from Kepler
We love exoplanets! And the Kepler mission is giving us more to love. Our special guest on our latest live…
A ‘Melted’ Moon Makes for Bad Future Landing Sites
[/caption] The miniature radio frequency (min-RF) radar instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is revealing some interesting things about…
Weekly Space Hangout – Mar. 1, 2012
Another week, another space roundup. This week we talk about the redefinition of the term "Earthlike", salty soil on Mars,…
How to Avoid ‘Bad Astrophotography:’ Advice from Thierry Legault
Take a look at the collection of images above. All are high resolution astrophotos of different artificial satellites, taken by…
Hubble Spots Mysterious Dark Matter ‘Core’
[/caption]Astronomers are left scratching their heads over a new observation of a "clump" of dark matter apparently left behind after…
Europa’s Acidic Oceans May Prohibit Life
[/caption] The more we explore our solar system, the more we find things in common. Jupiter's frigid moon - Europa…
Is There Life on Earth?
[/caption] It may seem like a silly question -- of course there's life on Earth -- but what if we…