News

Amateur Astronomers Can Help Planetary Defense

By Matteo Emanuelli on March 12, 2013

Asteroid 2013 ET oberved with Slooh Space Camera telescope in Tenerife, Canary Islands (Credits: Slooth Space Camera). In the week between March... Read more →

Media

GOCE Satellite Felt Tohoku Earthquake from Orbit

By Merryl Azriel on March 11, 2013

The Tohoku earthquake's impact on GOCE (Credits: ESA). Coinciding with the two year anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake that hit Japan on March... Read more →

News

At SXSW SpaceX and DIYROCKETS Presented Future of Rockets

By Matteo Emanuelli on March 11, 2013

Will collaborative design by DIYROCKETS and Sunglass represent a revolution in space design? (Credits: DIYROCKETS). At the South by Southwest... Read more →

Press Releases

ISU International Symposium on Tele-Reach

By Phillip Keane on March 11, 2013

ISU 17th International Symposium (Credits: George Woo.) Last week saw the 17th annual International Space University Symposium, held at the ISU... Read more →

News

Fengyun 1C Debris Collided with BLITS Satellite

By Merryl Azriel on March 9, 2013

BLITS was composed of a high refractivity inner sphere and low refractivity outer sphere. It had an outer diameter of 17 cm (Credits: ILRS). A... Read more →

Asteroids and Comets

Comet ISON: What to Expect

By Staff Writers on March 8, 2013

Skywatchers are getting excited about the passage of Comet ISON, even though it's months away, at the end of November. Why all the fuss? ISON is... Read more →