Jason Major
Book Review: Vistas of Many Worlds
While many astronomy books are based around images that show us how the Universe appears to us right now, as…
Book Review: Your Ticket to the Universe
Every once in a while an astronomy book comes out that combines stunning high-definition images from the world's most advanced…
Friday Night Lights: Fireball Lights Up the U.S. East Coast
Last night a bright meteor was spotted up and down the northern mid-Atlantic United States from Maryland to Manhattan to…
The Story of Earth (in 2 Minutes and 20 Seconds)
How old is the Earth, how long did it take for life to appear, and how long would it take…
Sequester Cancels NASA Outreach
Well, it looks like it's finally happened: the U.S. sequester -- a "series of across-the-board cuts to government agencies totaling…
MESSENGER Sees a Smoother Side of Mercury
During its two years in orbit around Mercury -- as well as several more years performing flybys -- the MESSENGER…
Enceladus’ Jets Reach All the Way to its Sea
Thanks to the Cassini mission we've known about the jets of icy brine spraying from the south pole of Saturn's…
Curiosity Once Again in Safe Mode – If Only Briefly
Not even two and a half weeks after a memory glitch that sent NASA's Curiosity rover into a safe mode…
What Mount Sharp Would Look Like on Earth
Ahh -- there's nothing like a beautiful sunny day in Gale crater! The rusty sand crunching beneath your wheels, a…
A Tribute to MESSENGER
If you're reading this then you probably love space exploration, and if you love space exploration then you know how…