Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast: July 11-13, 2008
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Our weekend begins with one very hot look at a very cool area of the Moon -…
Spacewalk Retrieves Explosive Bolt
Two cosmonauts at the International Space Station conducted a spacewalk on Thursday and performed the delicate operation of removing an…
Phoenix Lander Tries Out Soil Probe and Atomic Microscope
It's not that the Phoenix lander's mission to Mars is over – not by a longshot. But Phoenix did stick…
What is the Hottest Place in the Solar System?
The hottest place in the Solar System is the Sun, obviously. And the hottest part of the Sun is its…
Nano-materials Could Protect Spacecraft and Satellites From Debris
Space junk in Earth orbit is becoming a big problem (here's an previous UT article that illustrates the problem.) If…
Listen to Terra Chat Live Tonight: Cosmic Occurances, Planet X and Space Travel (Update)
Update: The Terra Chat show recording is now available online as an mp3 if you missed the live broadcast... In…
Cruising the Cloud Tops of Venus With a Solar-Powered Airplane
With all the orbital missions at the various planets in our solar system, scientists have been able to glean an…
Baby Boomer Galaxy Found
This galaxy, Zw II 96 (about 500 million light-years away) resembles the Baby Boom galaxy which lies about 12.3 billion…
Carnival of Space #62
[/caption] This week the Carnival of Space moves to Discovery's Disco Blog. Click here to read the Carnival of Space…
How Old Am I? Star Cluster Perplexes Astronomers
Ever have one of those moments when you can't remember how old you are? A group of astronomers may have…