Mysterious Ribbon at Edge of Solar System is Changing
A year ago, researchers from the IBEX mission – NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer – announced the discovery of an unexpected…
Additional Shuttle Mission Almost Guaranteed
[/caption] For some time now there have been rumors and speculation that there will be an additional flight added to…
Could Chance for Life on Gliese 581g Actually Be “100%”?
[/caption] The announcement yesterday of the discovery of the closest Earth-sized planet found so far that also exists in the…
House Passes Senate Version of NASA Budget Bill
[/caption] The US House of Representatives voted late Wednesday to accept the Senate's version of NASA's $19 billion fiscal 2011…
New Earth-sized Exoplanet is in Star’s Habitable Zone
[/caption] An enticing new extrasolar planet found using the Keck Observatory in Hawaii is just three times the mass of…
NASA’s Year of Finales Continues with Last ET and SRB Events
[/caption] As the space shuttle program draws to a close, NASA is working to highlight the historic nature of each…
Where In The Universe Challenge #120
Here’s this week’s image for the Where In The Universe Challenge, to test your visual knowledge of the cosmos. You…
Largest Clouds Ever Seen on Titan
[/caption] The Cassini spacecraft recently swooped by Saturn’s largest moon Titan and captured images of large patches of clouds. “These…
Carnival of Space #171
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by John Williams over at Starry Critters. Click here to read the Carnival…
Milky Way Sidelined in Galactic Tug of War
[/caption] From a Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics press release: The Magellanic Stream is an arc of hydrogen gas spanning more…