Water on the Moon Could be Bad News for Future Lunar Astronomy
[/caption] The recent discovery of water on the Moon may have a serious impact on future plans for lunar based…
Hot Atmosphere of Venus Might Cool the Interior
[/caption] Venus is so hot, it’s cool! This very groovy 1960's-looking image shows the temperature distribution within Venus and local…
Mars Methane Gets Even More Mysterious
Mars’ atmosphere consists of 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, and contains small amounts of oxygen and water, as…
Herschel Observations May Revise Our Understanding of Mars’ Atmosphere
[/caption] While the Herschel Space Observatory usually looks at some of the coldest and most distant objects in the Universe,…
New Theory Says Phobos Formed From Re-Accretion of Impact Debris
[/caption] Most theories on the formation of Phobos and its sister moon of Mars, Deimos, hold that the two moons…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 199: The Voyager Program
Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager spacecraft were sent to explore the outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Because…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 198: How is a Space Mission Chosen?
Space missions are expensive to build and launch, so there’s a lot of planning that goes into choosing exactly what’s…
Carnival of Space #170
[/caption] This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Victoria Jaggard over at the Breaking Orbit blog at National Geographic.…
What are the Steps of the Scientific Method
[/caption] The scientific method is the important process by which all scientific knowledge is acquired. It is a tried and…
What are Photons
[/caption] When we think about light we don't really think about what it is made of. This was actually the…