New Details About Return to the Moon
NASA has unveiled more details about its upcoming series of missions to return humans to the Moon as early as…
Leftover Material Caused the Late Heavy Bombardment
Planets in the inner Solar System suffered two devastating periods of asteroid bombardment. Scientists are fairly certain that the early…
What the Ground Telescopes Saw During Deep Impact
Researchers have had a few months to crunch through the data collected during Deep Impact's collision with Comet Tempel 1.…
Two Weather Satellites About to Launch
NASA has two new Earth Observation satellites in the final stages of preparation before their launch: CloudSat and Calipso. The…
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory Open House
Since it's in my neighbourhood, globally speaking, I thought I'd mention that the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, which is located…
Hayabusa’s Photo of Itokawa
Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft arrived at Asteroid Itokawa earlier this week, and now it's sending back beautiful images. This image is…
Pan’s Corridor
Saturn's moon Pan occupies the Encke Gap. Image credit: NASA/JPL/SSI Click to enlarge Saturn's moon Pan occupies the Encke Gap…
Tiny Satellite Could Make a Big Difference
A team of Canadian engineers have developed a tiny 3.5 kg satellite that could unleash a whole new industry of…
Rogue Supermassive Black Hole Has No Galaxy
The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a supermassive black hole without a surrounding galaxy. These black holes and their galaxies…
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is Doing Well
In preparation for its arrival at Mars next year, NASA has begun putting the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter through its paces.…