Simulated Mars Mission Arrives in Simulated Orbit
[/caption] Six men from Europe, Russia and China on a 520-day mock mission to Mars, have now reached the point…
Kepler Discovers First Earth Sized Planets inside Habitable Zone
[/caption] With the startling new finding of dozens of Earth-sized extrasolar planets, NASA's Kepler planet hunting space telescope has just…
Bigelow Aerospace and Space Florida announce exhibit center
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL – Another NewSpace firm was in the Cape Canaveral area to ink a deal with Florida’s aerospace…
Students Find Rare “Recycled” Pulsar
[/caption] From a press release from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory: In the constellation of Ophiuchus, above the disk of…
Kepler Discovers 6-Planet Exo-Solar System
Using data from the Kepler space telescope, scientists have discovered a horde of six planets orbiting a sun-like star, approximately…
“Marstinis” Could Help Explain Why the Red Planet is So Small
[/caption] Mars is a small planet. In fact, for scientists who do solar system modeling, the planet is too small.…
Martian Meteorite Reveals Ancient Water Flows, Methane
[/caption] Scientists say a close-up look inside rare meteorite fragments from Mars shows evidence that impacts created flowing water near…
Spots Among Spots on Mars
[/caption] This unusual landscape on Mars can be found within a crater on the southern hemisphere of the Red Planet.…
A Pure Disk Galaxy Is A Perfect Picture
[/caption] What could be more eye-catching than a picture perfect pure disk galaxy? In itself it is untouched - not…
Cassini Provides Stunning New Looks at Several Moons
[/caption] The Cassini spacecraft recently had a mini 'grand tour' of several of Saturn's moons and just sent back some…