This cool looking image of a Martian rock illuminated by ultraviolet LEDs (light emitting diodes) is part of the first…
Intelsat 27 lost in SeaLaunch Rocket Failure
SeaLaunch experienced a failure of it’s Zenit-3SL rocket on February 1st 2013. Early indications are that the RD-171M main engine engine shut…
New definition may decrease the number of potential habitable planets
The number of potentially habitable exoplanets will be impacted A team of astronomers from Penn State led by Ravi Kumar…
NOAA report states climate change will continue to threaten U.S. coasts
Climate change impacts to U.S. coasts threaten public health, safety and economy (Source NOAA) – According to a new technical…
Kepler out of Safe mode, back in science collection
The Kepler spacecraft, NASA’s lead planet finder has returned to operations and is once again planet hunting. After a “wheel…
Remembering the Apollo 1 Crew
On Jan. 27, 1967, veteran astronaut Gus Grissom, first American spacewalker Ed White and rookie Roger Chaffee (left-to-right) were preparing…
NASA’s Kepler observatory enters a modified Safe Mode
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Suborbital telescope gives best ever view of suns energy
NASA Telescope Observes How Sun Stores and Releases Energy WASHINGTON — A NASA suborbital telescope has given scientists the first…
