What Is A Moon?
Before the invention of the telescope in the early 1600's, man just knew of the Moon -- a round, mysterious…
Did You Know: Russian Lunokhod Rovers Created Memorials on the Moon Honoring Women
[/caption] The saga of the Soviet Union's Lunokhod moon rovers keeps getting more interesting! If you missed the update on…
Space Shuttle Replacement
The Space Shuttle, which has been used since 1982, is ready to be replaced. The fleet of Space Shuttles has…
Radiation from the Sun
[/caption]Radiation from the Sun, which is more popularly known as sunlight, is a mixture of electromagnetic waves ranging from infrared…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast: March 19-21, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! As one hemisphere warms, another cools... and so our passion for astronomy can sometimes wax and wane.…
Secret Mini Space Shuttle Could Launch April 19
[/caption] It's cute. It's little. It's also top secret. The X-37B orbital test vehicle is at Cape Canaveral in Florida,…
Finally, a “Normal” Exoplanet
[/caption] Chalk up another exoplanet discovery for the CoRoT satellite. But this planet, while a gas giant, could have temperatures…
This is Getting Boring: General Relativity Passes Yet another Big Test!
[/caption] Published in 1915, Einstein's theory of general relativity (GR) passed its first big test just a few years later,…
Unexpected Life Found Under Antarctic Ice
Researchers in Antarctica got a surprise visit from a creature in a borehole 185 meters (600 feet) below the Antarctic…
Snowy Soyuz Touchdown!
[/caption] In what was likely a softer --albeit colder -- Soyuz landing than usual, ISS Expedition 22 astronaut Jeff Williams…