Astronomy
Chandrayaan-1 Almost There, UPDATE 11/12
[/caption] UPDATE: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced on 11/12 that the 100 km science orbit has been successfully…
When Moons and Rings Collide
This is absolutely astounding! The Cassini spacecraft captured a collision between Saturn's moon Prometheus and the F ring, which creates…
Mystical Surprise: Spitzer Sees Quartz Crystals In Planetary Disks
[/caption] The Spitzer Space Telescope has, for the first time, detected tiny quartz-like crystals sprinkled in young planetary systems. This…
New Submillimeter Image Reveals Glowing Stellar Nurseries
[/caption] Submillimeter astronomy used to be known as the last unexplored wavelength frontier. But this new image from the Atacama…
The Hydra Constellation
The sprawling constellation of Hydra was one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy and endures today to be the…
The Horologium Constellation
If you've got a clear view of the skies, and happen ti live in the southern hemisphere, there's a relatively…
Phoenix Lander At Mission’s End
[/caption] The Phoenix Mars Lander has not communicated since Nov. 2, and engineers from the mission assume the vehicle is…
Hercules
[/caption] The constellation of Hercules belongs to one of the 48 originals plotted by Ptolemy and has survived time to…
First Images of Asteroid 2008 TC3 Impact Aftermath
[/caption] A month after asteroid 2008 TC3 hit the Earth's atmosphere, the first ground-based image of the event has surfaced…
In Their Own Words: Apollo Astronauts say “We Went to the Moon”
[/caption] Someone approached me recently and wanted to ask about how the US faked going to the Moon back in…