How Would a Government Shutdown Affect NASA?
[/caption] The big question weighing on the minds of anyone involved or interested in US space exploration is how a…
How to find Saturn in the Sky this Weekend
If you want to find the planet Saturn in the sky this weekend, but aren't sure where to look, this…
Spring Fireballs
For reasons yet unknown, the rate of midnight fireballs increases during the weeks around the vernal equinox. It's a beautiful…
Halos Gone MAD
[/caption] One of the successes of the ΛCDM model of the universe is the ability for models to create structures…
Curiosity Mars Rover Almost Complete
[/caption] NASA’s massive ‘Curiosity’ rover is almost ready to begin the first leg of its long trek to the surface…
10 Years of the Mars Odyssey
[/caption] A 2001 space odyssey indeed! On this day in 2001, the Mars Odyssey spacecraft launched, and now, 3,333 days…
Global Lunar Week – April 10 to 16, 2011
[/caption] In 2009, hundreds of thousands of people participated in one way or another with the International Year of Astronomy,…
Space Telescopes Observe Unprecedented Explosion
[/caption] From a NASA press release: NASA's Swift, Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have teamed up to study…
Particle Physicists See Something Little That Could be Really Big
[/caption] Physicists from Fermilab have seen a “bump” in their data that could indicate a brand new particle unlike any…
Real-time Observatory Captures Stunning Recent Auroras
[/caption] The online observatory AuroraMAX, which offers live-streaming views of Canada’s northern lights, has seen an uptick in recent aurora…