Interplanetary Contamination and Extraterrestrial Life1

Curiosity Update: Ancient Mars Was Capable of Supporting Life

By Phillip Keane on March 12, 2013

The bore-hole at John Klein, showing the less oxidized grey powder (Credits: NASA.) A JPL press conference held on March 12th has announced the... Read more →

Press Releases1

NASA Challenges Students to Design Radiation Shield

By Staff Writers on March 12, 2013

Source: NASA Students will tackle the problem of radiation for astronauts aboard Orion (Credits: NASA). NASA unveiled an Exploration Design... Read more →

Asteroids and Comets

Airline Schedules Astronomers’ Flight to View Comet

By Giulia Federico on March 12, 2013

Visibility of Comet PanSTARRS in the Northern Hemisphere (Credits: NASA). €359 is the price for the special, two hour flight that 88 lucky... Read more →

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 →