Stars Orbiting Close to Black Holes Flattened like Hot Pancakes
Playing with black holes is a risky business, especially for a star that is unlucky enough to be orbiting one.…
Gravity Anomaly Challenges MESSENGER Mission
Scientists from the MESSENGER mission continue to analyze the data from the spacecraft's first flyby of Mercury on January 14,…
NASA Flips for Petaflops
NASA is collaborating with Intell and SGI to create one of the world's fastest supercomputers whose power will be measured…
Long-term Observations Reveal Patterns in Saturn’s Atmosphere
Reading something like this makes me hopeful that we're no longer in the infant stage of our understanding of our…
Carnival of Space #53
This week, the Carnival of Space is hosted by the Space Cynics. A big thanks to them for stepping in…
Popular Space Elevator Video Not “News,” says LiftPort Founder
An online video that's been circulating like wildfire on the internet recently is actually almost two years old, says Michael…
How Far is Mercury from Earth?
Although Galileo wasn't able to see the phases of Mercury (like the phases of Venus and the Moon) with his…
How Far is Venus from Earth?
The are varying numbers for the Venus distance from Earth. Each number depends on the relative position of each planet…
Shuttle Launch Controllers Prepared to Press “Self Destruct” Button
This is something I can stomach when considering the launch of an unmanned robotic mission into space. It seems obvious…
Legendary Astronaut John Glenn Speaks Out On Shuttle Decommissioning
On Tuesday, to help out with the 50-year anniversary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, clips from 100 hours…