Category Archives: Astronomy

Dark Side of the Moon Video…No it is not Pink Floyd

NASA Spacecraft Returns First Video from Far Side Of The Moon WASHINGTON — A camera aboard one of NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar spacecraft has returned…

First Samples of Interstellar Material Beyond Earths Solar System

Interstellar Wind Makeup NASA – NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer , known as IBEX for short, methodically measures samples of the mysterious neighborhood beyond our home. IBEX scans the entire sky…

Kepler Announces 11 Planetary Systems Hosting 26 Planets

NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets MOFFET FIELD, Calif. (NASA)–  These discoveries nearly double the number of verified planets and triple the number…

NASAs Kepler Finds First Earth Sized Planets

Kepler Finds First Earth-Size Planets Beyond Our Solar System Found MOFFET FIELD, Calif. — The Kepler mission discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system….

JWST a window into the beginning of time

Largest Space Telescope ever, JWST can look back in time The American space agency, NASA, is building the largest space telescope ever. The James Webb Space Telescope, named after NASA’s…

Were safe, Fewer Near Earth Asteroids than estimated

  NASA Space Telescope Finds Fewer Asteroids Near Earth WASHINGTON — We are safer then once estimated. New observations by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, show there are…

Voyager Hits New Region at Solar System Edge

Voyager near edge of interstellar space Source NASA – WASHINGTON — NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region between our solar system and interstellar space. Data obtained from…

SETI Array searching for life in habitable zone

SETI search now focused on stars with planets The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence is once again back on. Last April SETI had to turn off their equipment due to…