Kepler Mission Extended to 2016
[/caption] With NASA’s tight budget, there were concerns that some of the agency’s most successful astrophysics missions might not be…
Texas School Kids Get To Talk To Space
Some lucky sixth-, seventh- and eigth-graders at the O. Henry Middle School in Austin, Texas got the chance to chat…
Finding Out What Dark Matter Is – And Isn’t
Astronomers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope have been looking for evidence of suspected types of dark matter particles within…
Take a Ride on a Rocket Sled To Test Supersonic Decelerators
Landing large payloads on Mars -- large enough to bring humans to the Red Planet's surface -- is still beyond…
Carnival of Space #243
[/caption] This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Gadi Eidelheit at his Venus Transit blog. Gadi has lots of…
Ice Sculptures Fill The Deepest Parts of Mars
[/caption] One of the "weirdest and least understood" areas of Mars, the enormous Hellas Impact Basin contains strange flowing landforms…
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Curiosity Halfway to Red Planet Touchdown
[/caption] As of today, NASA’s car sized Curiosity rover has reached the halfway point in her 352 million mile (567…
Characteristics of Mercury
[/caption] Quick Mercury Stats Mass: 0.3302 x 1024 kg Volume: 6.083 x 1010 km3 Average radius: 2439.7 km Average diameter:…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: April 2-8, 2012
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Despite the Moon, it will be a great week as the month of April opens with…
Was This Ancient Monolith a Stone Age Astronomy Tool?
[/caption] Is this 2-meter-high slab of lichen-covered rock in a UK park an astronomical marker used by Neolithic people? Researchers…