Carl Sagan’s Theory Of Early Mars Warming Gets New Attention
Carl Sagan hit on the idea 40 years ago. Now, a team of scientists have discovered that a trifecta of…
A Farewell to Plutoshine
Sometimes, its not the eye candy aspect of the image, but what it represents. A recent image of Pluto's large…
Rogue NASA, EPA, NPS Twitter Accounts Launched to Protest Trump Directives
Rogue sites protesting the Trump team's new guidelines for federal agencies are popping up everywhere.
NASA Webb Telescope Resumes Rigorous Vibration Qualification Tests
Engineers have resumed a series of critical and rigorous vibration qualification tests on NASA’s mammoth James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)…
Galactic Stripping Mystery Uncovered
It's what you might call a case of galactic homicide (or "galacticide"). All over the known Universe, satellite galaxies are…
Juno Just Took One Of The Best Images Of Jupiter Ever
Wow! If you've ever wanted to know what it would be like to hang above Jupiter's clouds, here you go.…
Japan Becomes A Military Space Player With Latest Launch
In a potentially controversial move, Japan recently deployed an x-band communications satellite to reduce its reliance on other providers for…
Could NASA Be Muzzled Under Trump Administration?
The Trump Administration appears to be trying to change how government agencies disseminate information to the public. According to reports…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 438: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 2: Geoengineering
So if you've been to Yellowstone National Park, you've seen one of the most amazing features of the natural world…
Carnival of Space #492-493
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog. Click here to read Carnival…