Nicholos Wethington
35 Radio Observatories Link to Break Record
Ever wondered what the largest telescope on the Earth is? Well, this coming Wednesday and Thursday of this week, the…
Second Exoplanet with Retrograde Orbit Discovered
The exoplanet HAT-P-7b has been observed to have a very curious orbit. It either has a highly tilted orbit -…
Dawn Takes up Residence in Asteroid Belt
The Dawn spacecraft - which is on a course to study the asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres - has…
NASA to Fund Primate Radiation Research
Monkeys have made contributions to spaceflight before, and NASA plans to start using them again to test the effects of…
Designing a Better Astronaut Glove
If you can build a better mousetrap, then you can certainly build a better glove for astronauts! Making a glove…
Vatican Holds Conference on Extraterrestrial Life
Though it may seem an unlikely location to happen upon a conference on astrobiology, the Vatican recently held a "study…
NASA Satellites Monitor Tropical Storm Ida
NASA has been keeping an eye on tropical storm Ida off the Gulf Coast, which was downgraded from a hurricane…
Stuck Spirit Rover Moves!
The Spirit Rover, which has had its wheels stuck for 145 Martian sols, has finally moved! Though she's far from…
LaserMotive Takes Prize During Space Elevator Games
The 2009 Space Elevator Games ran from November 4-6, and there is a winner! LaserMotive from Seattle took home the…
Physicist Vitaly Ginzburg Dies at age 93
Vitaly Ginzburg, a Russian physicist and Nobel laureate, died yesterday of cardiac arrest. He was 93 years old. Ginzburg shared…