Near Earth Asteroids Vary Widely in Composition, Origin
[/caption] From the Spitzer website: New research from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals that asteroids somewhat near Earth, termed near-Earth…
Supernova Spews Its Guts Across Space
The recently refurbished Hubble Space Telescope has taken a new look at Supernova 1987A and its famous "String of Pearls,"…
Downloadable Shuttle Tribute Posters
[/caption] NASA has put out a collection of tribute posters to the Space Shuttle fleet that celebrates the contributions to…
Oh Canada! Hadfield Named First Canadian Commander of ISS
Congratulations to one of our favorite astronauts, Chris Hadfield from Canada. Today NASA and the Canadian Space Agency announced Hadfield…
Hawking: God Not Needed for Universe to be Created
Physicist Stephen Hawking has written a new book called "The Grand Design." While the title might seem like Hawking could…
NASA & ATK Turn Sand to Glass With DM-2 Test
The deserts of Promontory, Utah came alive with fire as NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) tested the Development Motor-2…
What Is A Continent
[/caption] You know that there are 7 continents(6 if you were taught geography in Europe) right now, but do you…
Off to Dragon*Con
I'm just doing some final packing and then the wife and I will be flying out to Atlanta to participate…
Where In The Universe Challenge #117
It’s time once again for another Where In The Universe Challenge. Name where in the Universe this image was taken…
The Race to Stellar Formation
[/caption] Racing is rarely the term that comes to mind when one considers astronomy. However, many events are a race…