Aggregated News

Space Station Evades Space Debris

2008-08-28T21:41:38Z

The International Space Station had to perform an evasive maneuver yesterday to dodge space debris from a Russian satellite that disintegrated earlier this year. ESA's ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) was used to perform the avoidance maneuver, the first time it had been used for such a maneuver. A few things about this maneuver [...] Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!...(read more)

90 Days on Mars: Phoenix Lander Sends Martian Postcard

2008-08-28T19:28:02Z

Still Mythbusting

2008-08-28T18:56:40Z

It seems fitting that today's NASA "Image of the Day" is this wonderful image of the lunar lander from the Apollo 11 mission, the Eagle, on its way to land on the moon. Really, truthfully, can anyone really believe that a spectacular image like this can be fake? After last night's "Mythbusters" show [...] Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!...(read more)

Earth's Atmosphere is Leaking into Space

2008-08-28T16:20:06Z

Oxygen is constantly leaking out of Earth’s atmosphere and into space. Measurements taken by satellites during the 1980s and 1990s showed the escaping ions were traveling faster the higher they were observed. This implied that some sort of acceleration mechanism was involved. Now, new work on data collected by a group [...] Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!...(read more)

Dead Star Shines Bright

2008-08-28T14:28:01Z

Rocket Racing League Tests New Engine

2008-08-28T12:28:00Z

Putting the Jelly in the Space Donut

2008-08-28T06:28:03Z

Drilling Down to Alien Oceans

2008-08-28T06:28:03Z

NASA Security Badges are a Health and Safety Risk

2008-08-28T02:17:13Z

Of all the things that could possibly go wrong for the US space agency, you wouldn't expect the security ID badge holder of NASA employees to rank very high on the list of "risks." Unfortunately, the new high-tech security badge holders recently issued to NASA employees have been identified as having a fairly problematic health [...] Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!...(read more)

Where In The Universe #18

2008-08-28T00:42:25Z

Here's this week's "Where In The Universe?" mystery image. The goal of this challenge is to test your skills and visual knowledge of our universe. Guess where this image is from, and give yourself extra points if you can guess which spacecraft is responsible for the image. As always, don't peek below before you [...] Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!...(read more)

TV Alert: Mythbusters and the Moon Hoax Myth

2008-08-27T19:26:01Z

On Wednesday August 27th, at 9 p.m. ET/PT in the US, the famed "Mythbusters" on the Discovery Channel will take on one of the biggest myths ever: the belief the Apollo Moon landings were faked. Some folks who lived through the 1960's never believed the moon landings actually happened, and some how this [...] Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!...(read more)

Large Hadron Collider Rap Is a Hit

2008-08-27T18:50:06Z

Puzzled about particle physics? Want to know what the inside of the Large Hadron Collider looks like? Like music, fun and science? Want to know for sure the LHC won't create a black hole that will swallow the Earth? Find all of the above in a rap song created by Kate McAlpine, [...] Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!...(read more)

Clash of Clusters Separates Dark Matter From Ordinary Matter

2008-08-27T17:57:39Z

A powerful collision of galaxy clusters captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory provides evidence for dark matter and insight into its properties. Observations of the cluster known as MACS J0025.4-1222 indicate that a titanic collision has separated dark matter from ordinary matter. The images also provide an independent confirmation of [...] Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!...(read more)

Stuck Pin Delays Shuttle's Trek to Launch Pad

2008-08-27T17:27:02Z

Powerful Cosmic Collision Creates Divorce of Matter

2008-08-27T16:27:05Z