Saturn’s X-Ray Mystery
New images of Saturn taken by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory show that X-ray emissions, which are reflected radiation from the…
Silicate Found in a Meteorite
A group of scientists from Washington University in St. Louis found nine specks of silicate stardust inside a primitive meteorite,…
Tom Hanks to Make New IMAX Film
Tom Hanks' production company, Playtone, is set to create a new IMAX film based on the Apollo missions. The film…
Space Commercialization Bill Approved
The US House of Representatives today approved bill H.R. 3752, The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004. This bill…
NASA Finds Smoke Can Choke Clouds
Using data from NASA's Aqua satellite, scientists have found that the smoke from burning vegetation can inhibit the formation of…
Peering into the First Moments After the Big Bang
British astronomers have used a radio telescope called the Very Small Array to probe the cosmic background radiation; an afterglow…
Asteroid Bill Passes
The US House of Representatives approved bill H.R. 912, which awards amateur astronomers who discover potential Earth-crossing asteroids up to…
Landsat 5 Reaches 20 Years in Space
NASA's workhorse satellite Landsat 5 recently passed the 20 year mark of operations, beating original estimates that it would only…
Wallpaper: Hubble’s New Image of V838 Monocerotis
Here's a 1024x768 wallpaper of the latest image released from the Hubble Space Telescope. It's of V838 Monocerotis, a nebula…
Book Review: Sojourner, An Insider’s View of the Mars Pathfinder Mission
Sojourner is the little robot that enthralled Earth in 1997. For the first time, a mobile construct of humans was…