Supernova 2009js… Another One Bites The Dust!
[/caption] Far away in the constellation of Aries, in a 14th magnitude barred spiral galaxy designated as NGC 918... a…
LRO Takes Closer Look at Apollo 17 Landing Site
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter maneuvered into its 50-km mapping orbit on September 15, which enables it to take a closer…
More Observations of GRB 090423, the Most Distant Known Object in the Universe
[/caption] This image shows the afterglow of GRB 090423 (red source in the centre) and was created from images taken…
Einstein Still Rules, Says Fermi Telescope Team
[/caption] While the Fermi Space Telescope has mapped the gamma ray sky with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity, it now has…
Arex I-X Launches Successfully
After waiting out weather and triboelectrification issues, the Arex I-X rocket thundered and crackled away from the launch pad at…
Will Russia’s Next Rocket be Nuclear?
[/caption] Russia's space agency chief is proposing to build a new spaceship with a nuclear engine. Reportedly, Anatoly Perminov told…
Volunteers Still Needed for Simulated Mars Mission
[/caption] Need to get away from it all? If you have a background in medicine, computers or engineering and can…
Particles Injected into Large Hadron Collider
[/caption] The Large Hadron Collider reached an important milestone last weekend as a beam of ions was injected into the…
Exploring With an Armada of Autonomous Robots
[/caption] JPL has a fun article on their website detailing what future robotic exploration might entail: an armada of robots…
IYA Live Telescope – M50
Did you get a chance to check out the IYA Live Telescope? Our last object was Messier 50 (also known…