White Dwarf Stars Consume Rocky Bodies
[/caption] "I love rocky road... So won't you buy another gallon, baby..." Yeah. We all love rocky road ice cream,…
STS-135 Redux: Launch Tribute Video
A great look back at the final launch of the space shuttle program. Includes some footage I hadn't seen before,…
Meteors Sound Like Aliens!
A space radar picked up the sounds of a meteor shower as it delighted skywatchers over the weekend. What do…
Carnival of Space #210
Another new Carnival of Space, this time with Dear Astronomer, a.k.a. Ray Sanders. You may have noticed Ray has penned…
Don’t Annoy the Vulcan and Other Lessons at KSC’s “Sci-Fi Summer”
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida is looking to take guests where…
Shuttle Duo Nose-to-Nose Rendezvous highlights Retirement Duty
[/caption] To see one shorn shuttle is bad enough. Seeing two NASA space shuttles edged together and voluntarily gutted of…
Your Perseid Images from Around — and Above — the World!
[/caption] We made a wish that our readers would send in their images of the Perseid Meteor Shower, and it…
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JPL’s ‘Muscle Car’ – MSL – Takes Center Stage
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA is experiencing what could be dubbed a “summer of planetary exploration.” With the Juno…
ISS passes Overhead and a Meteor Flashes Through the Sky
UT reader Bryan Stewart sent us this great video, and wrote, "I was out on the 10th shooting video with…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Impact Mitigation
[/caption] The save-the-Earth rehearsal mission Don Quijote, commissioned by the European Space Agency, is planned to test the potential of…