Huge Submillimeter Instrument in the Works
Caltech and Cornell have begun a $2 million study to build a 25-metre telescope in the Atacama desert of northern…
Bad Astronomy Debunks Mars Face
Do you think the "Face on Mars" was created by aliens? Perhaps you might want to read a recent article…
NASA Learns More About Bone Loss in Space
New NASA-funded research has revealed how bone loss from long-duration spaceflight can increase the risk of injury to astronauts. A…
What’s that Bunny on Mars?
When Opportunity sent back the first images from the surface of Mars, there was a strange object that puzzled amateurs…
Opportunity Sees Phobos and Deimos
NASA's Mars rovers stopped looking down for a bit to watch the Sun. Specifically, they were looking to see Mars'…
Now Spirit Finds Evidence of Past Water
Last week, NASA announced with much fanfare that Opportunity had found evidence that the region of Mars was once drenched…
Spitzer Looks at a Stellar Nursary
The newly-launched Spitzer Space Telescope revealed the Henize 206 nebula, located 163,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The…
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…