Astronomers have found some of the youngest stars ever seen, thanks to the Herschel space observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA contributions. Observations…
Read the articleNASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has seen evidence of water-bearing minerals in rocks near where it had already found clay minerals inside a drilled rock. Last week,…
Read the articleRising above the present location of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, higher than any mountain in the 48 contiguous states of the United States, Mount Sharp is…
Read the articleAAVSO Alert Notice 481 Nova Survey participation requested March 19, 2013 The AAVSO solicits participation in an online survey from their member and observer communities. The…
Read the articleA free ESA app released today turns a popular iPhone-controlled ‘home drone’ into a spacecraft. The augmented reality game lets owners of Parrot AR.Drone quadcopters attempt…
Read the articleLooking up through hundreds of colored filters and spectral glasses, 526 people shattered the record for the Largest Astronomy Lesson. Under the Texas night sky, students…
Read the articleAn analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes. Scientists identified sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus…
Read the articleNASA unveiled an Exploration Design Challenge on Monday to give students from kindergarten through 12th grade the opportunity to play a unique role in the future…
Read the articleImagine three great minds from the 20th Century (one still alive) – Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Hawking – in conversation talking about God,…
Read the articleAAVSO Alert Notice 480 MR UMa superoutburst coverage requested for HST observations March 8, 2013 MR UMa superoutburst coverage requested for HST observations March 8, 2013…
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