Astronomers Capture Images of Asteroid 2012 BX34’s Close Flyby of Earth
[/caption] Small asteroid 2012 BX34 skimmed past Earth today, January 27, 2012, with closest approach at about 15:25 UT, and…
Op-Ed: Lunar Twitter — Republicans Debate Manned Moon Base
[/caption] Editor’s note – Bruce Dorminey, science journalist and author of Distant Wanderers: The search for Planets beyond the Solar…
Does Water Ice Lurk Beneath the Poles of Vesta ?
[/caption] The mysterious asteroid Vesta may well have more surprises in store. Despite past observations that Vesta would be nearly…
Remembering NASA’s Lost Astronauts
[/caption] Today is NASA’s Day of Remembrance, a occasion to recall the seventeen astronauts who have died in pursuit of…
Weekly Space Hangout – Jan. 26, 2012
Another edition of our weekly space hangout. This week we talked about a week of space remembrance, solar storms, Newt's…
11 New Planetary Systems… 26 New Planets… Kepler Racks ‘Em Up!
[/caption] Eleven ball in the side pocket. Whack! And another 26 planets are discovered! NASA just announced the latest tally…
Asteroid’s Unusual Light and Dark Crater
[/caption] Light and dark material spreads outward from a 5-km-wide crater on Vesta in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft,…
New Research Suggests Fomalhaut b May Not Be a Planet After All
[/caption] When the Hubble Space Telescope photographed the apparent exoplanet Fomalhaut b in 2008, it was regarded as the first…
8-Meter-Wide Asteroid Will Pass Close to Earth January 27
[/caption] A small asteroid will pass extremely close to Earth tomorrow (January 27, 2012). Named 2012 BX34, this 11 meter-…
Cold Plasma Flourishes In Earth’s Upper Atmosphere
[/caption] Thousands of miles above Earth, space weather rules. Here storms of high-energy particles mix the atmosphere, create auroras, challenge…