Moon Balloon Has Mostly Successful Test Flight
[/caption] A Romanian team aiming to send a rocket to the Moon via balloon successfully launched a test flight of…
Titan-ic Tsunami Causing Crack in Saturn’s C Ring
[/caption] Saturn’s rings have several gaps, most of which are caused by small moons shepherding ring debris into breaks in…
Rosetta Uncovers a Thick, Dusty Blanket on Lutetia
[/caption] If you think that asteroids are boring, unchanging rocks floating in space waiting only to crop up in bad…
ISS Instrument Detects X-ray Nova
[/caption] An instrument on board the International Space Station has discovered an X-ray nova. The science team from the Monitor…
Acid Rain-Like Chemistry Could Occur in Europa’s Ice Crust
A new look at how chemicals on Jupiter’s moon Europa may be reacting together could provide new insight to how…
A Rainbow Across the Moon
[/caption] Even though it is not the mind-blowing experience of a double rainbow all the way across the sky, seeing…
Carnival of Space #172
[/caption] This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Jason Major over at Lights in the Dark. He created the…
What is a Flying Wing?
The field of aviation has produced some interesting designs over the course of its century-long history. In addition to monoplanes,…
Who was the First Dog to go into Space?
Before man ever set foot on the moon or achieved the dream of breaking the Earth’s gravity and going into…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – A Snowball’s Chance
[/caption] Wanna build celestial objects? I mean it sounds easy - you just start with a big cloud of dust…