Arecibo Observatory,the world's largest radio telescope and the source for the SETI@home data that your computer analyzes,faces massive budget cuts that will end its ability to continue the search for life beyond Earth.The decision to ensure full funding
Scientists have argued about the origins of Mercury's smooth plains and the source of its magnetic field for more than 30 yrs.Now,analyses of data from the Jan. 2008 flyby of the planet by MESSENGER Spacecraft have shown that volcanoes were involved in>>
Scientists are using the giant Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) to go prospecting in a rich molecular cloud in our Milky Way Galaxy.They seek to discover new,complex molecules in interstellar space that may be precursors to life.As molecules rota
A new star,likely the brightest supernova in recorded human history,lit up planet Earth's sky in the year 1006 AD.The expanding debris cloud from the stellar explosion,found in the southerly constellation of Lupus,still puts on a cosmic light show across
2 University of Iowa space physicists report that the Voyager 2 spacecraft,which has been traveling outward from the Sun for 31 years,has made the first direct observations of the solar wind termination shock.At the termination shock the solar wind,which
July 1, 2008: News Flash: On 4th of July weekend, NASA forecasts lights in the sky.
No, not those lights. Look beyond the fireworks. Almost halfway up the western sky, just above the twilight glow of sunset, a trio of worlds is gathering: Saturn, Mar
A delicate ribbon of gas floats eerily in our galaxy.A jet from a black-hole?Actually this image is a very thin section of a supernova remnant caused by a stellar explosion that occurred more than 1,000 years ago.On or about May 1,1006 AD observers from
Millions of textbooks depicting our Solar System as spherical have got it all wrong, according to studies of data sent back from deep space by NASA's venerable probe, Voyager 2.
<p>The ESA/NSA SOHO spacecraft just discovered its 1500th comet,making it more successful than all other comet discoverers throughout history put together.SOHO's record breaking discovery was made on 6/25.The small and faint
Kreutz-group comet was</p>
NASA will make history this summer by deploying its first solar sail to use the Sun's energy to propel a spacecraft much further and far faster than chemically-fueled rockets. Noted in the book Sunstroke by Doomwatch Legacy author David Kagan.
NASA's Cassini mission is closing one chapter of its journey at Saturn and embarking on a new one with a two-year mission that will address new questions and bring it closer to two of its most intriguing targets - Titan and Enceladus.On June 30,Cassini>>
Astronomers recently announced that they have found a novel explanation for a rare type of super-luminous stellar explosion that may have produced a new type of object known as a quark star.A quark star is a hypothetical type of star composed of ultra den
The centennial anniversary of the last big impact, the 1908 Tunguska blast that rocked Siberia, falls Monday, June 30, bringing with it a reminder of the very slight chance that a hunk of space rock out there might have Earth's number.
New analysis of Mars' terrain using NASA spacecraft observations reveals what appears to be by far the largest impact crater ever found in the solar system.NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Global Surveyor have provided detailed information>>>>
"We basically have found what appears to be the requirements, the nutrients, to support life whether past, present or future," the NASA lead investigator for the Phoenix Lander told journalists. Noted by Sunstroke author David Kagan in Doomwatch Legacy.
