Mars Once Had Plate Tectonics
NASA scientists have found evidence that Mars once had plate tectonics reshaping its surface. Data from Mars Global Surveyor has…
Planets Could Be Common Around Brown Dwarfs
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted what could be the early stages of planets forming around a failed star. The…
Middle Latitude Clouds on Titan Are Familiar
For the most part, Titan is an alien world with methane rain, lakes of hydrocarbons, and very little that reminds…
Final Titan 4 Launches
A Titan 4B rocket carrying a classified cargo for the National Reconnaissance Office blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base…
Hubble Gazes at the Moon
NASA has turned the Hubble Space Telescope at our closest neighbour to help scout out potential landing sites. In addition…
Mars Will Be Closest on October 29/30
Get your telescope ready, as the planet Mars is about to put on another fine show. The Red Planet has…
Hurricane Wilma Becomes a Record Setting Cat 5
Just a few days ago, Wilma was a tropical storm, but now it has exploded into a Category 5 hurricane…
Astrophoto: Atlantis Docked to the Station
This just blew my mind. Tom Gwilym from Renton, WA took this series of pictures of the space shuttle Atlantis…
Book Review: Mammoth Book of Space Exploration Disasters
Maybe it is just a statement of our times that one person's life can span the complete maturation of a…
Future Space Missions Will Explore at Many Levels
Researchers at the University of Arizona think that future robotic explorers should have the ability to survey their targets at…