Send Your Name to the Moon
Have you ever dreamt of travelling to the Moon? Unfortunately, for the time being, this will be a privilege only…
IC 2944 – Astrophotography by Ken Crawford
Do you think you're seeing a Hubble Image? Then think again. Just revealed at last weekend's NEAF gathering at Rockland…
Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Peaks
Having the New Moon on our side may very well increase your chances of catching a well established meteor shower…
Mission to the Sun
A mission to the sun is difficult stuff. For 30 years scientists and engineers have struggled with developing a spacecraft…
Searching for Water and Minerals on Mars – Implications for Colonization
New results from the The Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) reveal…
Could Jupiter Wreck the Solar System?
Scientists have expressed their concern that the Solar System may not be as stable as it seems. Happily orbiting the…
Happy Space Day!
It’s the first Friday in May; therefore it must be Space Day! Since 1997 people around the world have used…
Triple and Double Craters on Mars
Scientists working with the Mars Odyssey spacecraft say that it's not uncommon for multiple pieces of a meteor to impact…
Ocean Currents May Cool the Climate for a Decade
It would appear that rising atmospheric temperatures may be slowed or even stopped over the next ten years due to…
Missions to Mercury
For most of human history, Mercury was a mystery, wrapped in superstition. As it orbits so close to the Sun,…