One-Way Mission to Mars: US Soldiers Will Go
Sergeant First Class William H. Ruth III contemplates his current duty in a barren landscape in Afghanistan, and says he's…
Phoenix’s First Views With Color
Here are a couple of colorized images of Phoenix's first views of its landing site. They are a little more…
First Images from Phoenix
Phoenix sent its first images of itself and Mars's surface, which indicate that all is well with the spacecraft. The…
Welcome Back to Mars: Phoenix Lands Successfully!
The Phoenix spacecraft successfully made a soft touchdown on the northern polar region of Mars. The events of entry, descent…
2012: No Planet X
Apparently, Planet X (a.k.a. Nibiru) was spotted by astronomers in the early 1980's in the outermost reaches of the Solar…
How Far is Jupiter from Earth
The answer to "how far is Jupiter from Earth" can have a different answer every day of the year. The…
The Coldest Place on Earth
The confirmed coldest temperature on Earth was recorded in Vostok, Antarctica at a brisk -89.2 degrees Celsius (183 Kelvin). There…
Dear Phoenix: All Our Hopes
Dear Phoenix lander, As I write this you are still tucked safely inside your spacecraft, speeding towards your destination on…
Channels, Craters and Phoenix’s Landing Site From MRO
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter had a busy week, and here are just a few of the images released from the…
End of the Earth
Humanity may end in many different ways. We might kill ourselves through nuclear war, or die from a global disease…