KnowledgeOrb reported earlier this year that Voyager 1 was nearing exit of the solar systems helosphere, or the edge of…
Category: Space
Cell phones to launch as low cost small satellites
NASA’S Phonesat Wins 2012 Popular Science Best of What’s New Award WASHINGTON — NASA’s PhoneSat project has won Popular Science’s…
WISE Telescope adds color to Jupiter Asteroids
Wide-field Infrared Explorer reveals that the Jovian Trojans asteroids are uniformly dark with a hint of burgundy color, and have…
Is JWST out of focus or have we lost our vision?
JWST a Mirror into NASA’s Future? The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)could prove to be one if the most important…
High School Students Send Rubber Duck Into Space
A group of middle and high school students know as Earth To Sky Calculus placed a rubber duck on at…
Idea for a X-ray Mirror Inspired by Scotch Tape
Scotch tape is the inspiration behind a completely new kind of x-ray mirror for telescopes. The concept was dreamed up…
Space Station Cargo Ship Docking Attempt To Air On NASA TV
WASHINGTON — As part of NASA’s ongoing live coverage of mission operations aboard the International Space Station, NASA Television will…
Condolences on the Passing of Pioneering Astronaut Sally Ride
WASHINGTON — In a space agency filled with trailblazers, Sally K. Ride was a pioneer of a different sort. The…
