Atom Model
[/caption]The most widely accepted atom model is that of Niels Bohr. Bohr's model was first introduced in 1913. This model…
Space Shuttle Photos
Want some space shuttle photos? Here are some photos that you can use for your computer wallpaper. Just click on…
What’s the Internet Really Like in Space?
[/caption] With the internet now part of daily life on the International Space Station, inquiring minds want to know! Can…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast: February 19-21, 2010
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: February 19-21, 2010 Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's a lunatic weekend as we head towards the Moon's surface…
Einstein’s General Relativity Tested Again, Much More Stringently
[/caption] This time it was the gravitational redshift part of General Relativity; and the stringency? An astonishing better-than-one-part-in-100-million! How did…
Double Spaceship Sighting Alert!
Space shuttle Endeavour will undock from the ISS on late Friday (7:54 p.m. EST) or early Saturday (00:54 GMT) depending…
What is a Supernova?
[/caption] What is a supernova? Well, "nova" means "new star", and "super" means "really big", like supermarket, so a supernova…
Roche Limit
[/caption] The Roche limit is named after French astronomy Edouard Roche, who published the first calculation of the theoretical limit,…
Where In The Universe #92
Here's this week's image for the Where In The Universe Challenge, to test your visual knowledge of the cosmos (late…
NASA to Invest $75 Million for Suborbital Science Flights
[/caption] NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver announced today the space agency will fund dozens of science and education payloads to…