Blaming Black Holes for Gamma Ray Bursts
[/caption] Black holes get a bad rap. Most people are afraid of them, and some think black holes might even…
Space Wallpapers
Here are some amazing space wallpapers. If you want to make one of these your computer desktop wallpaper, just click…
Mount Krakatoa
[/caption]Mount Krakatoa is a volcanic island found in Indonesia. Its most famous eruption in 1883 is one of the biggest…
First Science Data from LRO; ‘Tantalizing’ Hints of Water
[/caption] The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has successfully completed its testing and calibration phase and is now in its science and…
ISS Canadarm2 Grabs Resupply Ship
In a true display of international cooperation, American flight engineer Nicole Stott, using Canada's Canadarm2, captured the Japanese H-II Transfer…
NASA Has a Little Fun With Buzz
[/caption] Buzz Lightyear, that is. The action figure returned from space on Sept. 11, aboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission…
Searching for Life As We Don’t Know It
[/caption] When discussing the possibility of finding life on other worlds, we usually add the phrase "life – as we…
Space Shuttle Flushes the Toilet for All the World To See
[/caption] This picture is from last week; September 9, 2009 to be exact, but I still wanted to share it.…
God Particle
[/caption] When the media talks about the "god particle", they're really talking about a theoretical particle in physics known as…
What is Cherenkov Radiation?
Cherenkov radiation is named after the Russian physicist who first worked it out in detail, in 1934, Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov…