Earth

Satellite Images Show Dueling Snowstorms in the US and UK

[/caption] OK, let's duke it out. Who had it worse this past week as far as wintery weather: the entire…

14 years ago

Late, Big Bombardments Brought Heavy Metals to Earth

[/caption] One of the fundamental problems in planetary science is trying to determine how planetary bodies in the inner solar…

14 years ago

Cassini visits Enceladus – SpacePod 2010.11.30

NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft is doing some awesome stuff. Stay tuned to NASA’s twitter feed Space Cadets, today should be interesting.…

14 years ago

Russia Wants to Build “Sweeper” to Clean up Space Debris

[/caption] Russia is looking to build a $2 billion orbital “pod” that would sweep up satellite debris from space around…

14 years ago

Launch of Delta IV Delayed; Shuttle Launch Options Weighed

[/caption] Those waiting for a launch from Florida’s Space Coast will have to wait a little more. The liftoff of…

14 years ago

New Geography Trivia Challenge From Space

[/caption] You can now test your knowledge of the world’s geography in a new trivia game on Twitter sponsored by…

14 years ago

Astronomy Without A Telescope – Necropanspermia

[/caption] The idea that a tiny organism could hitchhike aboard a mote of space dust and cross vast stretches of…

14 years ago

Mount Merapi Still Blowing off Steam

[/caption] For about three weeks, Indonesia's Mount Merapi has been belching out lava, as well as ash and gas, clouding…

14 years ago

Simple Colors Could Provide First Details of Alien Worlds

At best, the few extrasolar planets we have imaged directly are just points of light. But what can that light…

14 years ago

Calculate the Effect of an Asteroid Impact on Earth

[/caption] A 20-km asteroid has just been predicted to hit Earth and you want to know if a. You should…

14 years ago