Peggy Whitson: A Heroine of Science and Technology
[/caption] This post is part of Ada Lovelace Day, which is a worldwide effort to get as many people as…
Chinese Dragon in Space!
[/caption] This new image from the ESO telescope in Chile shows what looks like a Chinese dragon in the sky.…
Mir’s Fiery Re-entry, March 23, 2001
The storied history of the Mir space station includes collisions, a fire, and political change. But it also consists of…
Review: Hubble 3-D IMAX
[/caption] I have seen the new Hubble 3-D IMAX movie twice now, and both times I was overcome with tears…
First Flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic, the private aerospace company founded by billionaire Richard Branson, successfully tested the passenger space-plane SpaceShipTwo today. SpaceShipTwo (SS2),…
Carnival of Space #146
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by our very own Mike Simonsen over at his very own website, Simostronomy!…
Does The Sun Move?
[/caption]Does the Sun Move? What an interesting question. We mainly talk about everything in the solar system orbiting the Sun…
IntelliScope
The Orion IntelliScope is a computerized object locator unit designed to compliment the Orion SkyQuest XT IntelliScope series of Dobsonian…
Amazing Mars Flyover Videos Keep Getting Better and Better
How do the folks from UnmannedSpaceflight do it?!! They keep surpassing themselves with every new flyover video! We've posted some…
Speed of Gravity
[/caption] What is the speed of gravity? It's 299,792,458 m/s. Seem familiar? Yep, it's the speed of light (in a…