Successful Engine Test Firing for SpaceX Inaugural Falcon 9
[/caption] SpaceX announced that today’s (Mar 13) test firing of all 9 Merlin first stage engines was successful at Pad…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Home Made Quark-Gluon Soup
The most powerful operational heavy-ion collider in the world, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) recently recorded the highest ever…
Where In The Universe #95
Ready for another Where In The Universe Challenge? Here's #95! Take a look and see if you can name where…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast: March 12-14, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! If you're a die-hard amateur astronomer, then you'll recognize this as one of the prime times to…
World-wide Campaign Sheds New Light on Nature’s “LHC”
[/caption] In a manner somewhat like the formation of an alliance to defeat Darth Vader's Death Star, more than a…
NASA manager says Shuttle Extension Possible; Key Issue Is Money not Safety
[/caption] NASA Shuttle program manager John Shannon said on Tuesday (Mar 9) that the Space Shuttle Program can indeed be…
It’s Not Just The Astronauts That Are Getting Older
Representing what may be the first long term lunar environmental impact study, recent laser ranging data from the Apache Point…
Massive Repeated Explosions Halted Star Formation in Early Universe
[/caption] Scientists have found evidence of a catastrophic event they believe was responsible for halting the birth of stars in…
SpaceX Falcon 9 Test Fire Ends with Abort
[/caption] Updated at 9:40 EST Tuesday: SpaceX just released the official word on what happened with Tuesday's 3.5 second test-fire…
Where’s My Jetpack? Right Here
[/caption] Step right up -- you can now get your very own jetpack. That's right, a real, not-science-fiction-honest-to-goodness jetpack. New…