Astronomy
Lunar Exploration Will Continue With India's Chandrayaan-2 Mission

Lunar Exploration Will Continue With India's Chandrayaan-2 Mission

The exploration of our own moon will continue with an ambitious mission called Chandrayaan-2, a collaboration between the Indian Space Research Organization and Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space…

June 18, 20102 CommentsRead More

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory: Still the Greatest

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory: Still the Greatest

This time we’re going to look back at one of NASA’s most spectacular successes: the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Launched by the space shuttle on July 23, 1999, Chandra…

June 8, 2010No CommentRead More

Comets

Scientists and Politicans Discuss the Threat of Near-Earth Objects

Scientists and Politicans Discuss the Threat of Near-Earth Objects

This article is about NEOs- Near Earth Objects- and possible steps that could be taken…

May 3, 2010No CommentRead More

Does the Earth Owe its Atmosphere to Ancient Comets?

Does the Earth Owe its Atmosphere to Ancient Comets? by beconrad The fortuitous combination of…

March 1, 20102 CommentsRead More

NASA's EPOXI Probe: Deep Impact Is Reborn

This is another one of our articles about the new things we’re learning regarding comets. …

February 8, 20102 CommentsRead More

Rosetta Probe Has Encounters With Two Asteroids, Then Moves on to a Comet Rendezvous

Rosetta Probe Has Encounters With Two Asteroids, Then Moves on to a Comet Rendezvous

This is the third in our three-part series about the recent successes of the European…

February 1, 20101 CommentRead More

Eclipses

New Years Eve Ushers in a Partial Lunar Eclipse

December 31, 2009 will bring not only celebrations but a partial lunar eclipse. This is the last eclipse of the year. It will be viewable in Europe, most…

November 16, 2009No CommentRead More

The First Solar Eclipse for 2010

2010 brings us a decade into this century and in the middle of the first month it will bring us the first solar eclipse of the year. On…

November 10, 20098 CommentsRead More

Hubble

New Planet Discovered Orbiting a Red Dwarf Star

The array of technical equipment that has been employed in recent years to study the universe includes many great innovations such…

December 21, 20095 CommentsRead More

NASA’s Juno Probe Will Tell Us New Things About Jupiter

NASA’s Juno Probe Will Tell Us New Things About Jupiter

Last month, NASA issued a statement saying that preparations…

Mission Is Planned to Observe Jupiter and Four of Its Moons (Part Two)

Mission Is Planned to Observe Jupiter and Four of Its Moons (Part Two)

This is part two in our examination of the…

Mission Is Planned to Observe Jupiter and Four of Its Moons

A huge, multi-national mission to investigate Jupiter and four…

Solar System Exploration to Continue

Exploration of our solar system has been ongoing since…

The Exploration of Mars’ Largest Moon Will Continue With the Phobos Grunt Mission

The Exploration of Mars’ Largest Moon Will Continue With the Phobos Grunt Mission

The exploration of Phobos, the larger of Mars’ two…

The Exploration of Mars Continues With ESA’s ExoMars Mission

The Exploration of Mars Continues With ESA’s ExoMars Mission

Mars is being invaded! Already our orbiters are orbiting,…

The Caverns of Phobos Exploring the Hollow Moon of Mars

The Caverns of Phobos Exploring the Hollow Moon of Mars

The European Space Agency’s Mars Express satellite, which is…

A Tale of Two Missions: Phoenix Lander

A Tale of Two Missions: Phoenix Lander

This is part two in our feature, A Tale…

Exploration of Mercury Will Continue With the Bepicolombo Probe

This is our second article about the exploration of…

Mercury Probe Performs Third Flyby

NASA’s MESSENGER space probe has just had its third…

The Annual Winter Meteor Shower: Geminids

Every winter around the middle of December one of…

The Annual Winter Meteor Shower: Geminids

Every winter around the middle of December one of…

Moon

Lunar Exploration Will Continue With India's Chandrayaan-2 Mission

The exploration of our own moon will continue with an ambitious mission called Chandrayaan-2, a collaboration between the Indian Space Research Organization and Roscosmos, the Russian Federal…

June 18, 20102 Comments

Planets

NASA’s Juno Probe Will Tell Us New Things About Jupiter

Last month, NASA issued a statement saying that preparations for its Juno mission to Jupiter are proceeding well, and that everything is still on schedule for a…

May 30, 2010No Comment

Pluto

Happy Birthday, Hubble: 20 Years of Great Astronomy

In a few days, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope will be 20 years old. Birthdays are a good time for looking back, and this is no exception. The…

April 21, 2010No Comment

Saturn

ESA’s Cassini-Huygens Mission Probes the Saturn System

The Cassini-Huygens Saturn mission, a joint effort by NASA, the European Space Agency and Italy’s Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, is one of the most successful and long-lasting space…

April 3, 20102 Comments

Sun

Solar Sailing Comes of Age With IKAROS and Lightsail I

This is an article about lightsails, an idea that has been around for a long time, and is now approaching reality.  Both the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency…

February 16, 2010No Comment

Telescopes

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory: Still the Greatest

This time we’re going to look back at one of NASA’s most spectacular successes: the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Launched by the space shuttle on July 23, 1999,…

June 8, 2010No Comment

Venus

Japan’s Venus Climate Orbiter Will Probe the Secrets of the Planet’s Atmosphere

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has recently announced what is hopefully the final launch date for its Venus Climate Orbiter.  After several delays and changes of…

April 1, 2010No Comment

Asteroids

Scientists and Politicans Discuss the Threat of Near-Earth Objects

This article is about NEOs- Near Earth Objects- and possible steps that could be taken to deflect one of these objects if it should appear in danger…

May 3, 2010No Comment