Category: Astronomy
Happy birthday Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
19 years ago, today, the Hubble Space Telescope was carried into space. Just a few weeks from now it will receive its final maintenance and upgrade visit. Hubble has been an incredible success and has resulted in over 4000 published papers, advancing o… more »
Kepler mission to launch on Friday
On Friday, March 6, 2009, at 10:49:57 p.m. EST, NASA plans to launch a Delta II rocket (from Cape Canaveral's launch complex pad 17-B) carrying the Kepler spacecraft. Click here to visit the official mission website.
From the official site: "The sc… more »
Google Mars!
Google Earth 5.0 is now available and has some neat new features. One is that there is now a lot more to see in the ocean. Another is that the user can now switch to Google Mars! Just click on the planet icon at the top and select Mars and then start… more »
Discovery of methane reveals Mars is not a dead planet
From NASA press release: 09-006 A team of NASA and university scientists has achieved the first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars. This discovery indicates the planet is either biologically or geologically active. The team fou… more »
Astronomy picture of the day - Earth from the moon
The Astronomy Picture of the Day website is today featuring the newly restored picture of Earth from the moon taken by Lunar Orbiter 1 in 1966. When you get to the page, click on the picture to see it in high resolution. more »
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