Awesome Action Animation Depicts Russia’s Bold Robot Retriever to Mars moon Phobos
[/caption] In less than 48 hours, Russia’s bold Phobos-Grunt mechanized probe will embark on a historic flight to haul humanities…
Forget Exoplanets. Let’s Talk Exomoons
[/caption] It wasn't that long ago that astronomers began discovering the first planets around other stars. But as the field…
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Curiosity Rover Bolted to Atlas Rocket – In Search of Martian Microbial Habitats
[/caption] Only time now stands in the way of Curiosity’s long awaited date with the Red Planet. NASA’s next, and…
Telescope Review: Bushnell ARES 5″ Dobsonian Telescope – The Little “Lighthouse”
[/caption] Time for me to play with some new equipment? You betcha'. And this time it's a Bushnell proprietary design…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Inconstant Supernovae?
[/caption] Given the importance of Type 1a supernovae as the standard candles which demonstrate that the universe’s expansion is actually…
No Alien Visits or UFO Coverups, White House Says
[/caption] The White House has responded to two petitions asking the US government to formally acknowledge that aliens have visited…
Hubble Telescope Directly Observes Quasar Accretion Disc Surrounding Black Hole
[/caption] Thanks to the magic of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a team of international astronomers have made an incredible…
Phobos-Grunt and Yinghuo-1 Encapsulated for Voyage to Mars and Phobos
[/caption] Phobo-Grunt, Russia’s first interplanetary mission in nearly two decades, has now been encapsulated inside the payload fairing and sealed…
An Iceberg Caught in the Act of Forming
An airborne ‘eye in the sky’ has provided unprecedented views and details of a massive iceberg calving from its parent…
Asteroid 2005 YU55: An Expert’s Explanation
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory released this video today featuring more information about the much-discussed 2005 YU55, a 400-meter-wide asteroid that…