NASA May Drop Ares I-Y Test Flight
[/caption] Just one week after the first test flight test of the Ares I-X rocket, NASA says it may decide…
Going Up? Top Floor, Space Elevator Games 2009
BREAKING NEWS: LaserMotive successfully qualified for the $900,000 prize! Their official speed was 3.72 m/s. Way to go! See more…
How Long Does it Take Pluto to Orbit the Sun?
[/caption] Because Pluto orbits much further from the Sun than Earth, it takes much longer to orbit the Sun. In…
How Long Does it Take Neptune to Orbit the Sun
[/caption] Neptune orbits much further away from the Sun than the Earth, so its orbit takes much longer. In fact,…
This Week’s WITU Challenge
Here's this week's image for the WITU Challenge, to test your visual knowledge of the cosmos. You know what to…
LRO’s Closer Look at the Apollo 12 Landing Site
Close-up view of Apollo 12 landing site from LRO. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University Wow! Just look at the detail visible…
Mars Explorers May Use AI to Become ‘Cyborg Astrobiologists’
Ever heard of a 'Cyborg Astrobiologist'? Probably not. But I bet you'll want to be one after learning that future…
Multi-Planet System is Chaotic, Dusty
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured this infrared image of a giant halo of very fine dust around the young star…
Rosetta to Make Final Earth Flyby Nov. 13th
The comet chasing spacecraft Rosetta will make its third and final swing by the Earth on November 13th to pick…
Neutron Star at Core of Cas A Has Carbon Atmosphere
A Chandra X-ray Observatory image of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. Credit: NASA/CXC Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) has…