Science
Thin Skinned and Wrinkled, Mercury is Full of Surprises
[/caption] Until relatively recently, Mercury was one of the most poorly understood planets in the inner solar system. The MESSENGER…
Keck Observatory Fires Up MOSFIRE
[/caption] Last week, on April 4, 2012, the W.M. Keck Observatory's brand-new MOSFIRE instrument opened its infrared-sensing eyes to the…
Polar Telescope Casts New Light On Dark Energy And Neutrino Mass
[/caption] Located at the southermost point on Earth, the 280-ton, 10-meter-wide South Pole Telescope has helped astronomers unravel the nature…
Star Lab Needs Payloads!
[/caption] Star Lab, the next-generation vehicle for suborbital experiments developed by the Florida-based 4Frontiers Corporation, is well on its way…
Playing With Water… in Space!
Expedition 30 astronaut and chemical engineer Don Pettit continues his ongoing "Science off the Sphere" series with this latest installment,…
Solid Buckyballs in Space are Stacked Like ‘Oranges in a Crate’
[/caption] From a JPL press release: Astronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have, for the first time, discovered…
Infographic: The Anatomy of a Supersonic Freefall
What are all the steps and stages of Felix Baumgartner's record-setting freefall attempt which will take place later this year?…
Dancing Water Drops In Earth Orbit
An astronaut once told me that fellow space flier Don Pettit could fix anything with a paper clip. Indeed, Pettit…
Former Astronaut John Grunsfeld to Lead NASA Science Directorate
[/caption] As was rumored earlier, NASA has named physicist and former astronaut John Grunsfeld as their new associate administrator for…
Carl Sagan’s Influence: Favorite Quotes from Readers
Today would have been Carl Sagan's 77th birthday, and the past few years November 9th has been designated as "Carl…