Where In The Universe Challenge #128
Ready for another Where In The Universe Challenge? Here’s #128! Take a look and see if you can name where…
The Future is Now: SpaceX Flight 100% Successful
[/caption] Hailed as a both a great day for commercial spaceflight as well as for NASA, SpaceX made history on…
Stunning ISS View of Volcanos on Earth
[/caption] What a view! This photograph taken by one of the astronauts on the International Space Station shows several snow-covered…
WASP-12b: A Carbon Rich Exoplanet
[/caption] Since its discovery in 2008, WASP-12b has been an unusual planet. This 1.4 Jovian mass, gas giant lies so…
SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 carrying Dragon spacecraft
CAPE CANAVERAL – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) launched the first Falcon 9/Dragon demonstration flight for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services…
New Look at an Ancient Swarm of Stars
[/caption] Globular clusters form during the earliest stages in a galaxy’s development, so clusters like this one, M 107, or…
Akatsuki Fails to Enter Orbit of Venus
JAXA announced that the Akatsuki spacecraft failed to enter orbit around Venus. The orbit insertion maneuver was performed, the space…
Deepest Hole In The World
[/caption] The deepest hole in the world is on the Kola peninsula of Russia near the Norwegian border. This hole…
Large Binocular Telescope Achieves First Light
After eight and a half years in the making, the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) is finally ready to begin operation.…
Stars Shrouded in Glittering Zirconium Light up the Sky
[/caption] Its been said that the Universe isn’t stranger than you can imagine, its stranger than you can’t imagine. Nowhere…