Nicholos Wethington
Crew of Six Begins 105-day Mars Mission Simulation
[/caption] Earlier today in Moscow, six people were locked inside a hermetically sealed living space, where they will remain for…
How Many Planets are in the Milky Way?
[/caption] How many are in the Milky Way, though? There could be billions, many of them habitable and Earth-like, according…
The Milky Way Spiral
[/caption] If you've seen an image of the Milky Way from above or below, you will certainly notice that it…
The Milky Way Could have Billions of Earths
With the upcoming launch in March of the Kepler mission to find extrasolar planets, there is quite a lot of…
The Switch to Digital Switches off Big Bang TV Signal
[/caption] The switch from analog to digital television broadcasting signals in the United States , which was originally scheduled for…
The Size of the Milky Way
[/caption] When you look up into the night sky on a clear night in a place that has little light…
The Milky Way from Earth
[/caption] If you look up into the night sky on a very clear night, in an area with very little…
What is the Milky Way Collision?
Billions of years from now, the Milky Way will look totally different, as pictured to the left. When you look…
The Milky Way and Andromeda
[/caption] The Andromeda galaxy is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way (though it's not the closest galaxy). It's…
Mass of the Milky Way
[/caption] The mass of the Milky Way depends on what you consider this question to mean. If you are only…