Carnival of Space #60
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LCROSS Passes Pre-Flight Tests Before Kamikaze Mission to Find Water on Moon
The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) is a very exciting mission for lunar exploration. Since the discovery of…
Dark Matter is Denser in the Solar System
Dark matter was theorized to exist relatively recently, and we've come a long way in understanding what makes up a…
Reaching for the Ring: M57 by Dietmar Hager
For those of us old enough to remember riding on an old fashioned carousel, there was once a quaint custom…
Twin Spiral Galaxies Dance Together
This incredible image looks like space art, or a trick done with Photoshop, but its an actual image of twin…
Ares V Rocket Gets an Upgrade: It will be Bigger and Stronger for 2020 Moon Mission (Video)
NASA announced on Wednesday that the original Constellation project's principle rocket, the Ares V, will need to be designed to…
Two Faces of Mars Explained
Mars has two faces. No, not those kind of faces, but the notable differences between the northern and southern hemisphere.…
Mars Atmosphere Once Held Enough Moisture for Dew or Drizzle
Data from Mars orbiters and landers have suggested that any past water on the Red Planet’s surface probably came from…
Primordial Stars Frozen Indefinitely by Dark Matter
It is thought that primordial or "Population III" stars were born in dense clouds of dark matter, 100 million years…
Huge Camera to Observe Dark Energy
Discovering the universe is accelerating and not slowing down made it obvious to astronomers there's a lot we don't know…