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…
The Moon and Jupiter – Side By Side
Want an easy way to find Jupiter on Thursday and Friday? Just look for the Moon. On March 4th and…
Sulfur Could Support Martian Life
During yesterday's press conference, scientists produced four pieces of evidence to support their claim that liquid water once acted on…
The Asteroid that Almost Hit
For a few hours on January 13, 2004, some astronomers believed that a 30-metre asteroid could strike the Earth in…