Water Was Widespread Across Early Mars, But No Oceans
By looking at the mineralogy deep inside craters on Mars' northern plains and comparing it to the makeup of regions…
Radio Observations Provide New Explanation for Hanny’s Voorwerp
[/caption] Is Hanny's Voorwerp the result of a "light echo" of a violent event that happened long ago or perhaps…
Who Will Win the Google Lunar X PRIZE?
Twenty-one teams are hard at work trying to win the Google Lunar X PRIZE, a $30 million international competition to…
Circumference and Diameter of the Earth
[/caption] The Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System, and the 3rd planet from the…
Earth Moved Substantially in April 2010 Earthquake
[/caption] From a JPL press release. NASA has released the first-ever airborne radar images of the deformation in Earth's surface…
Cosmologists Provide Closest Measure of Elusive Neutrino
[/caption] Cosmologists – and not particle physicists -- could be the ones who finally measure the mass of the elusive…
First Planet From the Sun
[/caption] The first planet from the Sun is Mercury, orbiting the Sun at an average distance of 57.91 million km.…
Astronomers Watch Superstorm Raging on Distant Exoplanet
[/caption] Likely, future interstellar flights will not include the exoplanet HD209458b as a featured get-away destination. Not only is this…
Sixth Annual Southern California Astronomy Exposition
Don’t miss the Southern California Astronomy Expo (SCAE) on Saturday, July 10th and Saturday, July 17th, 2010 at Oceanside Photo…
One Year of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: Top Ten Finds
[/caption] One year ago today, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) officially reached orbit about the Moon, and in the past…