Doomed Phobos-Grunt Mars Mission Destructively Plunges to Earth
[/caption] Story and Crash Zone Map updated 1 p.m. EST Jan 16 Today (Jan. 15) was the last day of…
“Proplyd-like” Objects Discovered in Cygnus OB2
[/caption] The well known Orion Nebula is perhaps the most well known star forming regions in the sky. The four…
Cooking Up Stars In Cygnus X
[/caption] Thanks to the incredible infra-red imagery of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, we're able to take a look into a…
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Strait of Hormuz Shot from the International Space Station – World Strategic Flashpoint
[/caption]A beautiful and peaceful Christmas-time picture of The Strait of Hormuz was shot from the International Space Station (ISS) soaring…
Journal Club: Dark Matter – The Early Years
[/caption] According to Wikipedia, a journal club is a group of individuals who meet regularly to critically evaluate recent articles…
Goldilocks Moons
[/caption] The search for extraterrestrial life outside our Solar System is currently focused on extrasolar planets within the 'habitable zones'…
Scientists Still Searching for the Beagle 2 Crash Site on Mars
[/caption] Since its disappearance in December 2003, scientists and citizen scientists alike have continued the search for Europe’s Beagle 2…
What Does It Take to Build a Spacecraft for Human Flight?
Here's a look the latest achievements and milestones for the Orion spacecraft as engineers build, test and test some more…
Coming to an IMAX Near You (and just in time!): Space Junk 3-D
Serendipitously, at the same time we are waiting to see when and where the Russian Phobos-Grunt satellite will crash back…
As Seen From Space: Beautiful Swirling Phytoplankton Blooms
[/caption] One of the orbiting windows to our world, an Earth-observing satellite named Envisat, took this image in early December…