New Year – New Calendar… But Johns Hopkins Scholars Say We Need A Permanent Edition
[/caption] It's another new year and time to remember to write new dates again. While it might take a few…
Guest Post: The Cosmic Energy Inventory
[/caption] Now that the old year has drawn to a close, it's traditional to take stock. And why not think…
AVIATR: An Airplane Mission for Titan
[/caption] It has been said that the atmosphere on Titan is so dense that a person could strap a pair…
The 2012 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
[/caption] The first of the 2012 meteor showers - The Quadrantids - peaks on the night of the 3rd and…
Carnival of Space #230
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by our very own Steve Nerlich at his very own website, Cheap Astronomy.…
- Astronomy
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Kennedy Space Center
- Missions
- Moon
- NASA
- Science
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
First GRAIL Twin Enters Lunar Orbit – NASA’s New Year’s Gift to Science
[/caption] Cheers erupted after the first of NASA’s twin $496 Million Moon Mapping probes entered orbit on New Year’s Eve…
- Asteroids
- Astronomy
- Cassini
- Comets
- Curiosity
- Earth
- Enceladus
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Juno Mission
- Jupiter
- Mars
- Mars Science Laboratory
- Mercury
- Missions
- Moon
- NASA
- Pluto
- Saturn
- Science
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
- Titan
2011: Top Stories from the Best Year Ever for NASA Planetary Science!
[/caption] A year ago, 2011 was proclaimed as the “Year of the Solar System” by NASA’s Planetary Science division. And…
Journal Club – This new Chi b (3P) thingy
[/caption] According to Wikipedia, a Journal Club is a group of individuals who meet regularly to critically evaluate recent articles…
Should We Terraform Mars?
As we continue to explore farther out into our solar system and beyond, the question of habitation or colonization inevitably…
Slower than Light Neutrinos
[/caption] Earlier this year, an international team of scientists announced they had found neutrinos -- tiny particles with an equally…