President Signs NASA 2010 Authorization Act
[/caption] President Barack Obama signed the NASA 2010 Authorization Act into law Monday, giving the go-ahead for $58.4 billion be…
The New Blue Marble
[/caption] Despite recent news of potential habitable exoplanets and amazing images of Mars and the Saturn system returned from visiting…
Habitable Environments Could Exist Underground on Mars
[/caption] Data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests that there could be habitable environments underground on Mars – in the…
Breaking News: Small NEO Could Pass Within 60,000 km of Earth on Tuesday
[/caption] A small asteroid will likely pass very close to Earth this week Tuesday. Astronomers are still tracking the object,…
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Makes First Glide Flight
[/caption] Does this image look futuristic? Well, the future is here, as this is an actual image from October 10,…
Interview with Nancy at PARS3C
Elizabeth Howell is a writer/blogger from Canada, and I met her when I was at Kennedy Space Center earlier this…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Solar Or RTG?
[/caption] It used to be the case that if you wanted to send a spacecraft mission out past the asteroid…
Melas Chasma: The Deepest Abyss on Mars
[/caption] Melas Chasma is part of the huge Valles Marineris that cuts into the middle of Mars surface, making it…
Poor in one, Rich in another
[/caption]Just over three years ago, I wrote a blog post commemorating the 50th anniversary of one of the most notable…
Water Ice Found on Another Asteroid
[/caption] There could be a lot more water out there than anyone thought. A second asteroid has been found to…