SDO Captures a Monster Solar Prominence
The Sun continues to be active! A large-sized (M 3.6 class) flare occurred near the edge of the Sun on…
STS-133 Launches on Historic Final Mission for Shuttle Discovery
[/caption] Overcoming a down-to the-last second problem, space shuttle Discovery made history today, launching on its final mission to orbit.…
Meteorites Illuminate Mystery of Chromium in Earth’s Core
It’s generally assumed that the Earth’s overall composition is similar to that of chondritic meteorites, the primitive, undifferentiated building blocks…
Can’t Get to Today’s Launch? See the Space Shuttles in Intricate Detail
[/caption] We've mentioned the NASATech website before, but this unique website and the incredible images by John O'Connor bear repeating.…
Discovery and Robonaut Unveiled for February 24 Blast Off
[/caption]Space Shuttle Discovery is unveiled for blastoff at 4:50 p.m. today, Feb. 24 from launch Pad 39 A at the…
Students Will Attempt to Photograph Shuttle Discovery Flight At The Edge of Space
[/caption] From a Challenger Center press release: If all goes according to plan, a balloon with a student-oriented payload will…
Tachyon
[/caption]Ever since Einstein unveiled his theory of relativity, the speed of light has been considered to be the physical constant…
T Chamaeleon Gets Caught in the Act — Forming Planets, That Is
[/caption] An international team of astronomers peering at a young star in the constellation Chamaeleon have detected a smaller companion…
Plasma
[/caption] Anyone who took elementary science in grade school recalls the lesson about the three states of matter, right? That…
Paramagnetism
[/caption]Magnetism is a fundamental force of the universe, essential to its function and existence in the same way that gravity…