Moon
May 27, 2014
This coming August, the California-based private company Skycorp will attempt to contact and possibly regain control over NASA’s International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 satellite, a spacecraft NASA has no plans […]
May 13, 2014
Funny thing. Skywatchers are often just as excited to watch a celestial object disappear as we are to see it make an appearance. Early Wednesday morning (May 14) the […]
May 9, 2014
Russia is planning to put a manned colony on the Moon as soon as in 2030, and is racing to dispatch the first robotic rovers to explore the lunar surface two years from now, a media report […]
April 23, 2014
There are dozens upon dozens of moons in the Solar System, ranging from airless worlds like Earth’s Moon to those with an atmosphere (most notably, Saturn’s Titan). […]
April 16, 2014
This year, I was ready. I had gathered the necessary equipment, made sure I scheduled in time for an afternoon nap and did my research so […]
March 26, 2014
It was put on auction as a camera that made it to the moon and back. And it had its price — nearly $760,000. The Hasselblad […]
March 2, 2014
Hello again. If you remember, last time we took a look at 10 things you wanted to know about Mercury. This time, I thought it would […]
February 25, 2014
Telescopes in southern Spain have recorded the flash of a meteorite that a new report says hit the Earth’s moon with a force equivalent to 15 […]
February 24, 2014
The world famous and hugely popular ‘Yutu’ rover entered its 3rd Lunar night time hibernation period this weekend as planned, but serious technical troubles persist that […]