Zombie Satellite Now Under Control
[/caption] A geostationary satellite that become a “zombie” earlier this year and stopped communicating with ground controllers has now finally…
Oldest Black Holes are Growing the Fastest
[/caption] Astronomers have determined that the era of first fast growth of the most massive black holes occurred when the…
Faulty Valve Caused Akatsuki Failure at Venus
[/caption] The Japanese space agency has deduced that a faulty engine valve was the reason the Akatsuki spacecraft did not…
Video: Satellite Views of the “Christmas Blizzard”
The Christmas Blizzard of 2010 dumped up to 30 inches of snow in the northeast United States, with winds gusts…
Twas the Shuttles last Christmas
[/caption] To mark the occasion of the Shuttle’s last Christmas, space shuttle worker Terry Sibile drafted a touching poem titled;…
Cassini Takes Images of Growing Storm on Saturn
[/caption] The white storm on Saturn's northern hemisphere is growing and expanding. This raw image from the Cassini collection was…
Red Moon, Red Planet
[/caption] In this season of Christmas tidings, many of us were blessed to witness the eerie Red Moon of the…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Secular Evolution
[/caption] A traditional galaxy evolution model has it that you start with spiral galaxies – which might grow in size…
Where In The Universe #130
Here's this week's Where In The Universe Challenge. Take a look and see if you can name where in the…
Upcoming Solar Eclipse on January 4, 2011
[/caption] Some of the world will be able to greet the first part of the new year with a solar…