SOFIA Observatory Taking Flight
Wednesday November 25, 2009
It sounds almost like something a child would dream up -- scientists install a powerful telescope system in a Boeing 747 and fly it around taking infrared images of the ... Read More
Daughter Born While Father In Space
Tuesday November 24, 2009
I have expressed to my wife several times that I think that it would be an amazing experience to travel to space, whether as a payload specialist on a NASA ... Read More
NASA To Irradiate Monkeys
Monday November 23, 2009
Performing radiation tests on animals is not a new concept, but this will be the first time that NASA performs such tests on animals as evolved as monkeys. The key ... Read More
"Strange" New Star?
Wednesday November 18, 2009
Supernova remnants are beautiful to behold, but they are also the result of extremely violent explosions and leave behind one of the most dynamic objects in the Universe. One such ... Read More
Water Found On The Moon
Tuesday November 17, 2009
Back in October many of you were following the events of the LCROSS mission as the probe slamed into the Moon (on purpose), to look for traces of water. Well, ... Read More
Meteor Shower To Peak Over The Next Two Nights
Monday November 16, 2009
Every year the Earth passes through the trail of the comet Tempel-Tuttle, creating a pretty good meteor shower visible in the night sky. NASA reports that about about 20 - ... Read More
Creating A New Earth
Thursday November 12, 2009
The idea of colonizing Mars is not a new one, it has been the backdrop of many science fiction novels, and the focus of much scientific research. But, actually making ... Read More
Asteroid Has Near Miss With Earth
Wednesday November 11, 2009
NASA reported that a 23 foot wide asteroid came within about 8,700 miles of entering Earth's atmosphere on Friday. This was the third closest miss on record. Astronomers at the ... Read More
LaserMotive Team Nabs $900k Prize
Tuesday November 10, 2009
For those of you following the space elevator games, the LaserMotive team was awarded the second place $900,000 prize. Their design, which used a ground based laser to power a ... Read More
Elevator To Space
Thursday November 5, 2009
I can almost hear it now:
Elevator door opens...
"What floor sir?"
"Space Station Please."
"Yes sir."
Sound ridiculous? Well, yeah, it is actually. But, the idea of an elevator ... Read More
Lunar Landers Take Flight
Tuesday November 3, 2009
After a suspenseful race to the finish, NASA handed out a $1 million prize to Masten Space Systems. The company, based in California, participated in the Northrup Grumman Lunar Lander ... Read More
Scientists Detect The Most Distance Object Ever Seen
Monday November 2, 2009
Only 630 million years after the creation of the Universe a super-massive star exploded in a violent supernova. The energy from this explosion has been traveling across the Universe ever ... Read More