NASA Turns Down Year Long Stays in the Station
NASA has rejected a Russian proposal to lengthen missions on board the International Space Station up to a year. By…
Martian Dust Devils Could Be Charged Up
By chasing dust devils across the desert with a specially equipped truck, scientists have discovered that on Earth at least,…
Bounce Rock’s Mystery Ends
"It figures that if there was only one rock for what seems like miles in every direction, we'd find a…
Two Space Celebrations this Week
It's time to celebrate the skies and reflect on ways to improve our stargazing experience. There are two events going…
A Movie of Titan’s Hazy Atmosphere
Astronomers have used the enormous Keck telescope to capture several images of the hydrocarbon haze of Titan, Saturn's largest moon,…
Meteorite Matches Rock on Mars
NASA has reported this week that a rock analyzed by Spirit bears a resemblance to a meteorite found in Antarctica.…
Gravitational Lens Reveals Distant Planet
Astronomers have watched how the gravity of a star bends the light from a more distant star to discover a…
Atlas Launches Superbird-6
An Atlas 2AS rocket launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Friday morning, carrying a Japanese Superbird-6 communications satellite into orbit.…
Scientists Analyze Meteor Fragments
Researchers from the University of Chicago are analyzing hundreds of meteorite fragments that struck Park Forest, Ill. in the evening…
Cassini Sees Shepherding Moons
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is now close enough to Saturn that it's able to resolve the two F-ring-shepherding moons: Prometheus and…