Space News
- 6 Ways to Help an AstronomerCheck out Wired News' list of six ways you can help out astronomical research!Tuesday, June 29, 2010
- Hubble at 20The Space Telescope Science Institute celebrates the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope.Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Kaboom!For the first time, the Cassini spacecraft has witnessed lightning on the planet Saturn. Scientists have converted the electrical signal from the lightning into sound, so you can even 'hear' it!Wednesday, April 14, 2010
- Waka Waka WakaFor decades, Saturn's moon Mimas has been known as the moon that looks strikingly like the Death Star from Star Wars. Now, a new false-color image from Cassini makes Mimas look more like Pac Man! Insert another quarter...Monday, March 29, 2010
- Avalanches on MarsA new image from Mars Reconnasaince Orbiter's HiRISE camera shows an avalance in progress on Mars!Tuesday, March 16, 2010
- Watch the Webb-CamCheck in on the engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as they build the James Webb Space Telescope!Thursday, March 11, 2010
- How Dark is Your Sky? How many stars can you see from home? GLOBE at Night aims to make a worldwide map of light pollution, and it needs your help! From March 3-16, observers all around the world will record their observations of the constellation Orion and how many stars are visible.Tuesday, March 02, 2010
- Ice on the MoonData gathered from India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft reveals deposits of water ice near the north pole of the Moon. There could be as much as 600 million metric tons.Tuesday, March 02, 2010
- Halfway to PlutoThe New Horizons spacecraft is officially halfway to Pluto! We'll still have to wait until 2015 for our first close-up look at the tiny world.Friday, February 26, 2010
- Four Shuttle Launches To GoSpace Shuttle Discovery is slated to roll to the launch pad on March 2. It's headed for a launch currently scheduled for the morning of April 5.Thursday, February 25, 2010
- Looking WISEThe Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft launched in December, and is now sending back its first views of the cosmos in infrared light.Friday, February 19, 2010
- Hubble's New View of PlutoPlanet or not, Pluto still fascinates. Researchers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have released the most detailed view of the tiny dwarf planet yet. It's still a blurry view and will probably remain one until the New Horizons mission reaches Pluto in 2015.Saturday, February 06, 2010
- Cassini's Mission ExtendedThe Cassini spacecraft has been sending back incredible images of the ringed planet Saturn since it arrived in 2004. NASA has extended it's mission through the year 2017.Saturday, February 06, 2010
- Spirit's New MissionSpirit may be stuck forever, but if it can survive the coming martian winter, it will still have plenty to study.Saturday, February 06, 2010
