NASA’s Great Observatories Teaming Up for Deepest Look Into the Universe
NASA’s Great Observatories are teaming up to look deeper into the universe than ever before. With a boost from natural “zoom lenses” found in space, they…
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The Contentious Mission That Was Apollo 7
On Oct. 22, 1968, Apollo 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean after 11 days in space. Though often overlooked, Apollo 7 was a significant mission.…
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Cassini Gets New Views of Titan’s Lakes and Seas
With the sun now shining down over the north pole of Saturn’s moon Titan, a little luck with the weather, and trajectories that put the spacecraft…
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ESA Bids Farewell to Planck Space Telescope
ESA’s Planck space telescope has been turned off after nearly 4.5 years soaking up the relic radiation from the Big Bang and studying the evolution of…
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How NASA Deals With the Deluge of ‘Big Data’ From Space
For NASA and its dozens of missions, data pour in every day like rushing rivers. Spacecraft monitor everything from our home planet to faraway galaxies, beaming…
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Comet ISON Could Still Put on a Show
Observations indicate that the sudden exposure to strong sunlight when the currently dark side of the comet gets closer to the Sun could trigger huge outbursts.…
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From the tiniest fraction of a second after the Big Bang to the evolution of stars and galaxies over 13.8 billion years, ESA’s Planck space telescope…
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Levenhuk Strike 90 PLUS Telescope Review
If you’re just starting out on your journey across the celestial sphere, the Levenhuk Strike 90 PLUS telescope will be the perfect instrument for you. It…
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Most Distant Gravitational Lens Found
An international team of astronomers has found the most distant gravitational lens yet – a galaxy that, as predicted by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity,…
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Hunting Aliens in Our Own Backyard
We now have the technology to go snooping for extraterrestrials in our own backyard. No, not as close as little green men cutting up crop circles;…
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