Author: Astronomy Staff

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

NASA delays Hubble servicing mission

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is back in business

Cosmology, Science

Astronomers continue the search for antimatter

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Phoenix plays it “safe”

Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Solar System, Space Exploration

MESSENGER reveals more of Mercury’s hidden territory

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

NASA’s Phoenix mission faces survival challenges

Science, Solar System

NASA orbiter reveals details of a wetter Mars

Science

Why does a space shuttle rotate shortly after launch?

Science

Astronomers say our galaxy hasn’t seen a supernova in 400 years. Why don’t they count the 1987 supernova?

Science

Ask Astro web extra: Ever wonder why Mars is red?

Science

As the Sun set one evening, I observed a sword-like column of light pointing straight up from the horizon. What was it?

Science, Solar System

Solar system’s young twin has two asteroid belts