Goodbye Forever Philae; We Hardly Knew Ye
You can’t say they didn’t try, but the news is sad nonetheless. ESA announced the mission for the Philae lander…
Large Impact Craters on Ceres Have Gone Missing
Scientists have found a bit of a mystery at the dwarf planet Ceres. In the rough and tumble environment of…
How Far is Mars from the Sun?
Mars is not only further from the Sun than Earth, but has an eccentric orbit that leads to a great…
Celestial Photobomb: Rare Occultation of Mercury by the Moon Set for Next Week
Catch a rare conjunction of Mercury with the Moon next week, and an occultation for a very privileged few.
Groot & Rocket Raccoon Get Their Own Mission Patch
For the remainder of 2016, all payloads traveling to the US National Lab aboard the ISS will feature a mission…
What are Quark Stars?
Astronomers have theorized there could be an intermediate stage between neutron stars and black holes called quark stars. Are they…
Messier 20 (M20) – The Trifid Nebula
Located in the southern Sagittarius constellation is the Trifid Nebula, a bright star-forming region and combination nebula
Falcon Heavy Vs. Saturn V
A comparison between the rocket that delivered the Apollo astronauts to the Moon, and the one that promises to deliver…
NASA Welds Together 1st SLS Hydrogen Test Tank for America’s Moon/Mars Rocket – Flight Unit in Progress
MICHOUD ASSEMBLY FACILITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA - NASA has just finished welding together the very first fuel tank for America’s…
Two Nearby Potentially Habitable Planets Are Rocky Worlds
When Hubble first observed the atmospheric conditions of an extrasolar planet in 2000, it opened up that entire field of…