Carnival of Space #181
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Chris Dann over at Weird Warp. Click here to read Carnival of…
Rover Captures Sunset, Eclipse on Mars
The Opportunity rover’s latest accomplishments? Cinematographer. Two new movies created by images taken by the long-lasting rover show a blue-tinted…
Latest From Mars: Frosty Landscapes, Ancient Lakebed, Potential Landing Site
A new batch of images has been released by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissaince Orbiter and --as usual…
NASA Budget Uncertainties Will Continue Well into 2011
[/caption] A temporary spending measure signed by President Obama on December 22 means NASA and other government agencies will stay…
Will the Milky Way’s Black Hole Become ‘Hyperactive’?
[/caption] From a NASA press release: A new study from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory tells scientists how often the biggest…
Shuttle Discovery Rolls Back to Vehicle Assembly Building
[/caption] Overnight, space shuttle discovery left launch pad 39A and was rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building. There, engineers…
Do the #ISSWave All the Way Around the World
C’mon, admit it. If you regularly watch for the International Space Station passing overhead you’ve probably waved or shouted a…
A New Class for Tau Scorpii
Many classes of stars are named for an early, distinguished member of a certain type of stars. For example, Cepheid…
See the Changing Seasons on Earth from Space
[/caption] A new NASA webpage allows you to see – as well as share – the changing seasons here on…
New Images Indicate Tectonic Activity on Rhea
[/caption] Saturn's second largest moon Rhea has gotten a couple of close-up looks by the Cassini spacecraft which show dramatic…