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…
Gunman Takes Hostage At Discovery Channel Building
UPDATE: Three hostages have been released unharmed, and the suspect, James J. Lee, was shot at about 4:50 p.m. EDT…
Contest: Win “Wonders of the Solar System” DVD
If you didn’t have the chance to see Brian Cox’s series “Wonders of the Solar System” which aired on the…
Scientists Say They Can Now Test String Theory
The idea of the “Theory of Everything” is enticing – that we could somehow explain all that is. String theory…
Students Send ICESat to a Fiery Deorbit Death
[/caption] NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation (ICESat) mission is now on ice, so to speak, or perhaps we should…
Two Chinese Satellites Rendezvous in Orbit
[/caption] Data from the US military shows that two Chinese satellites likely performed multiple rendezvous 600 kilometers above Earth this…
Satellite Captures Three Tropical Cyclones in One Image
[/caption] My father had a favorite adage when life was hectic: "There's lots of commotion in the ocean." That saying…
Young Exoplanet is Cloudy With a Chance of Heat Waves
[/caption] Back in 2008, the first multi-planet system of extrasolar planets was imaged, and further study of the planets in…
Bad Universe Review
We've hinted that it was going to be made, and then we warned you that a sneak preview would be…
NASA Funds Experimental “Near Space” Vehicles
[/caption] Commercial space companies Armadillo Aerospace and Masten Space Systems have been awarded a total of $475,000 to perform test…