A Solar Eclipse (INFOGRAPHIC)
Oct 30, 2009 Space
From the moon to the penumbra…full on eclipse action!
NASA to Start Radiating Monkeys
Oct 30, 2009 Space
Spider monkeys will be exposed to regular, low dose radiation so NASA may learn how long term space travel may affect astronauts.
9 Wildest Exoplanets Ever Spotted
Oct 30, 2009 Space
A team of European astronomers found 32 new exoplanets last week, bringing the total of planets found outside our solar system to 403. These extreme worlds continue to shape astronomer’s ideas about how planets form. Here, we’ve combed through the hundreds to pick the 9 hottest, biggest, most eccentric alien worlds ever found.
Why Mars Needs an Armada of Robots and Blimps
Oct 30, 2009 Space
Airships may be the key component in a new robotic system for exploring the celestial bodies most likely to harbor life like Mars and Jupiter’s moon,
APOD: 2009 October 29 – Zodiacal Light Over Laguna Verde
Oct 30, 2009 Space
A different astronomy and space sciencerelated image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
My god, it’s full of stars
Oct 30, 2009 Space
The Bad Astronomer waxes lyrical about a gorgeous pic of a star cluster from Hubble.
Milky Way Over Ancient Bristlecone Forest (PIC)
Oct 30, 2009 Space
This stunning night-time shot captures the Milky Way over the Ancient Bristlecone Forest in Patriarch Grove, California.
Robot armies ‘will explore alien worlds’
Oct 30, 2009 Space
Alien worlds may be explored by armies of flying, driving and sailing robots, say scientists.
Most distant gamma-ray burst spotted
Oct 30, 2009 Space
Light from a star that exploded 13 billion years ago has reached Earth, setting a new record for the most distant astronomical object yet observed. We’re now starting to see the time when we think the very first galaxies were turned on. Dubbed GRB 090423, the new discovery was first spotted by the NASA satellite Swift.
How big is a carbon atom conpared to a coffee bean?
Oct 30, 2009 Science
Interactive dive through the micro universe