Missions
For Valentine’s Day: Hearts in Space from Sixty Symbols
Yes, we humans excel at seeing patterns and shapes everywhere around us, including out in space. Here, the folks from…
On New Year’s Eve, Cassini Will Stare at the Death Star’s Superlaser
OK, it's actually the Herschel crater on Mimas, a smallish moon of Saturn (and it's the eve of Chinese New…
Multi-Layer Mars Parfait Provides Environmental Record
[/caption] Is Mars more like a Peanut Buster Parfait, a granola-yogurt parfait, --or perhaps -- maybe a seven-layer salad? Near…
WISE Spies Its First Comet
[/caption] The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer or WISE is living up to expectations, as it now has discovered its first…
The Solar Dynamics Observatory Soars to Study the Sun
The Solar Dynamics Observatory launched successfully – and beautifully – Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41 to begin…
SDO Launch Scrub; Try Again Tomorrow
[/caption] Note: Nancy Atkinson is at Kennedy Space Center to cover SDO and the STS-130 shuttle mission Scrub! High winds…
Universe to WMAP: ΛCDM Rules, OK?
[/caption] The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) science team has finished analyzing seven full years' of data from the little…
Movies of Spirit’s Last Moves Before Winter
Even though the Spirit rover is stuck in a Martian sandtrap, the rover drivers were actually able to move her…
More Stunning Images and Discoveries Ahead: Cassini Mission Extended to 2017
[/caption] With the new 2011 NASA budget allowing for more space science activities, the space agency has extended the Cassini…