Medical Problem Delays Spacewalk
A medical issue with a member of the space shuttle crew has forced a change in personnel for the first…
Testing a Europa Probe Prototype
While NASA doesn't have any definite plans to send a probe to study Jupiter's moon Europa, many planetary scientists consider…
Extremophile Hunt Begins in Antarctica, Implications for Exobiologists
An expedition has set off for Antarctica's Lake Untersee in the quest to find bacteria living in one of the…
Asteroid Occulation Alert – Observers Wanted!
According to this morning's recent alert by Dr. David Dunham of IOTA, observers throughout the Americas, and even westernmost Europe,…
STS-122 Space Shuttle Mission Rockets to Space
Defying a bleak weather forecast, space shuttle Atlantis rocketed into space on Thursday, February 7, on its way to the…
Deep Impact Begins Searching for Extrasolar Planets
NASA's Deep Impact completed its main mission. Back in July 2005, the spacecraft's impactor carved a hole great big hole…
Are we sending a bit too much information into the cosmos?
On Monday (February 4, 7 pm EST) NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) sent a transmission toward the North Star, Polaris.…
The “Astronomical Unit” May Need an Upgrade as the Sun Loses Mass
The Sun is constantly losing mass. Our closest star is shedding material through the solar wind, coronal mass ejections and…
Name That Satellite
Have you ever named a space mission? Well, here's your chance. NASA announced today that they're looking for help from…
Astrosphere for February 7, 2008
Your photograph for today is the recent conjunction between Jupiter and Venus, captured by Shevill Mathers. Starts with a Bang…