Deeper Analysis of Phoebe Flyby
Scientists working with NASA's Cassini spacecraft have stitched together photos taken by the spacecraft to build a complete picture of…
Space Simulator Models the Universe
A team of physicists from the University of California have built a cluster of nearly 300 computer processors capable of…
General Accounting Office Blasts NASA
Auditors with the US Government delivered a negative report this week about NASA's ability to properly estimate large projects, and…
Wallpaper: The Valles Marineris Canyon
Here's another picture for your Mars wallpaper collection. This time it's a 1024x768 image of a canyon on Mars called…
Cassini’s First View of Iapetus
Cassini has turned to look at another of Saturn's moons; this time it's Iapetus. This image was taken on May…
TV Alert: “The Dark Side of the Universe”
Scientific American Frontiers, one of my favorite TV shows, is going to be looking into the mysteries of Dark Matter…
Earth’s Oceans are Banded Like Jupiter’s Clouds
Scientists have discovered that the currents in the Earth's oceans bear a striking resemblance to the bands of clouds in…
New Molecules Discovered in Interstellar Space
Radio astronomers have discovered two molecules never before seen in space in an interstellar cloud near the centre of the…
Update on Gravity Probe B
Designed to test two of Einstein's predictions about the nature of gravity and relativity, NASA's Gravity Probe B spacecraft is…
Success for SpaceShipOne!
History was made today when test pilot Mike Melvill became the first private citizen to get his astronaut wings today…