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What Astronauts Ate: Apollo 10 Space Meal, 1969
This Smithsonian Snapshot
marks the May 18, 1969,
launch of the Apollo 10
mission with an astronaut's
space meal from that
mission. ... > full story
Hinode Mission to Capture Annular Solar Eclipse This Weekend
On May 20-21, 2012 an
annular eclipse of the Sun
will be visible from within
a narrow corridor along
Earth's northern Hemisphere
-- beginning in eastern
... > full story
Hubble to Use Moon as Mirror to See Venus Transit
NASA's Hubble Space
Telescope will study Venus's
atmosphere during an
upcoming opportunity where
Venus is passing in front of
the Sun. Hubble cannot look
... > full story
Why Saturday’s 'Supermoon' Will Be Beautiful, but Not Super
Yes, it will be marginally
brighter and larger, but
Saturday's so-called
"supermoon" is not going to
be noticeably different from
... > full story
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Splatters of Molten Rock Signal Period of Intense Asteroid Impacts on Earth
April 25, 2012 — New research reveals that the Archean era -- a formative time for early life from 3.8 billion years ago to 2.5 billion years ago -- experienced far more major asteroid impacts than had been ... > full story -
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Brings 'Earthrise' to Everyone
April 19, 2012 — The moonscape was created using high-resolution topography data from LRO's Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter, which has provided the most precise and complete maps to date of the moon's complex, heavily ... > full story -
Titanium Paternity Test Fingers Earth as Moon's Sole Parent
March 29, 2012 — A new chemical analysis of lunar material collected by Apollo astronauts in the 1970s conflicts with the widely held theory that a giant collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object gave birth to ... > full story -
Flying Formation -- Around the Moon at 3,600 Mph
March 27, 2012 — The act of two or more aircraft flying together in a disciplined, synchronized manner is one of the cornerstones of military aviation, as well as just about any organized air show. But as amazing as ... > full story -
NASA GRAIL Returns First Student-Selected Moon Images
March 22, 2012 — One of two NASA spacecraft orbiting the moon has beamed back the first student-requested pictures of the lunar surface from its onboard camera. Fourth grade students from the Emily Dickinson ... > full story -
Super-Earth Unlikely Able to Transfer Life to Other Planets
March 20, 2012 — While scientists believe conditions suitable for life might exist on the so-called "super-Earth" in the Gliese 581 system, it's unlikely to be transferred to other planets within that solar ... > full story -
Cosmic Rays Alter Chemistry of Lunar Ice, May Create Building Blocks of Life
March 19, 2012 — Space scientists report they have quantified levels of radiation on the moon's surface from galactic cosmic ray (GCR) bombardment that over time causes chemical changes in water ice and can create ... > full story -
Magnetic Moon: Magnetic Anomalies on Moon Are Result of Asteroid Collision
March 8, 2012 — Astronomers have proposed a surprisingly simple explanation for magnetic anomalies that have baffled scientists since the mid-1960s -- they are remnants of a massive asteroid. The researchers believe ... > full story -
NASA's Twin GRAIL Spacecraft Begin Collecting Lunar Data
March 7, 2012 — NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft orbiting the moon officially have begun their science collection phase. During the next 84 days, scientists will obtain a ... > full story -
Looking at the Man in the Moon: Astronomers Explain Why the Man in the Moon Faces Earth
March 6, 2012 — Many of us see a man in the moon -- a human face smiling down at us from the lunar surface. The "face," of course, is just an illusion, shaped by the dark splotches of lunar maria (smooth plains ... > full storyMore:
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