New Hit Single: “Pluto the Previous Planet”
I see the folks attending the third .astronomy (dotastronomy) conference this year have been busy -- hacking away and creating…
Clyde Tombaugh’s Ten Special Commandments for Planet Hunters
[/caption] Back in 1989, amateur astronomer Toney Burkhart found out that Clyde Tombaugh was going to be giving a talk…
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Coalition for Space Exploration Tasks us to “Think Outside the Circle”
The aerospace industry is typically filled with engineers, scientists and pilots. Hardly the segment of the population that is subject…
Earth Has A Companion Asteroid With a Weird Orbit
[/caption] There are plenty of near-Earth asteroids out there, but this latest one studied by two researchers at Armagh Observatory…
Watch How Curiosity Will Land On Mars
Entry, descent and landing is the big moment for any Mars lander mission, and the big honkin' Mars Science Lab…
NASA Researchers Find Brand New Mineral in Old Meteorite
[/caption] It’s a brand new mineral, and it’s from space. Researchers taking a new look at an old meteorite with…
Carnival of Space #191
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Emily Lakdawalla over at the Planetary Society Blog. Click here to read…
SpaceX Unveils Launch of Falcon Heavy, Worlds Most Powerful Rocket by 2013
[/caption]Elon Musk, the CEO and chief rocket designer of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced today (April 5) that SpaceX will…
Cartoon Commemorates Shuttle Program
[/caption] “Red and Rover” pay tribute to the space shuttle program, racing alongside the space shuttle as it lands for…
Just How Active is our Sun Now Compared to Two Years Ago?
This video provided by the Solar Dynamics Observatory provides a side-by-side comparison of the Sun from precisely two years ago…