NASA Challenges Amateur Rocket Makers
NASA has invited more than 350 student rocketeers from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities — 37 teams nationwide — to take part in the…
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Meteorite Explodes Over Indonesia
On October 8, 2009 at about 03:00 GMT, with no warning, an approx. 10-meter wide asteroid hit Earth’s atmosphere above Indonesia and exploded. The break-up was…
Read the articleThe Solar Minimum Continues
Two sunspots, which appeared on the autumnal equinox to break several months of extreme solar quiet [see New Sunspots (Finally!)], have faded away, leaving the sun…
Read the articleSee the Harvest Moon This Weekend
This weekend’s full Moon has a special name – the Harvest Moon. It’s the full moon closest to the northern autumnal equinox (Sept. 22). In earlier…
Read the articleNew Sunspots (Finally!)
In a year when the sun has been utterly blank 80% of the time, the sudden emergence of two large sunspots in a single day is…
Read the articleInternational Year of Astronomy
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is a global effort initiated by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and UNESCO to help the citizens of the world…
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NASA Top Science Exploration and Discovery Stories of 2008
NASA landed on Mars, photographed distant worlds, added to the International Space Station, took part in a lunar science mission with India and made major progress…
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When the sun goes down tonight, step outside and look south. Beaming through the twilight is one of the prettiest things you’ll ever see – a…
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2007: Amateur astronomers around the world have been amazed and stunned by the strangest new object to appear in the sky in recent memory. And it’s…
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