Space & Astronomy
NASA Launches Space Trivia Game Into Facebook Frontier (SPACE.com)
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 12:30
ShareThisSPACE.com - NASA unveiled its first online space trivia game today (Jan. 30), a Facebook app that allows multiple players to compete for cosmic bragging rights.
Mars-Bound NASA Rover Detects Radiation from Huge Solar Storm (SPACE.com)
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 12:30
ShareThisSPACE.com - A recent eruption from the sun was so strong it was felt by NASA's Mars-bound Curiosity rover en route to the Red Planet.
Our Planet's Killer Electrons Shoot Toward Space, Not Earth (SPACE.com)
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 12:30
ShareThisSPACE.com - As the sun heads toward its 2013 maximum, the corresponding increase in space weather may temporarily strip the radiation belts around Earth of their charged electrons. But a new study of data recorded by 11 independent spacecraft reveals that the deadly particles are blown into space rather than cast into our planet's atmosphere, as some scientists have suggested.
Construction of Giant Hangar for Rocket-Launching Monster Jet Begins (SPACE.com)
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 09:45
ShareThisSPACE.com - A new commercial space venture sponsored by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has broken ground on a California production facility to build a giant mothership for private rocket launches.
Declassified US Spy Satellites from Cold War Land in Ohio (SPACE.com)
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 05:45
ShareThisSPACE.com - A trio of once-secret U.S. spy satellites built to look down on the Soviet Union were unveiled in Ohio on Thursday (Jan. 26) in a rare public display by the United States Air Force.
Some Reactions After the Challenger Explosion (ContributorNetwork)
Submitted by Earth News on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 15:50
ShareThisContributorNetwork - The space shuttle Challenger explosion on Jan. 28, 1986, with its seven-member crew was the most traumatic disaster of its type in history. It occurred before a live audience, broadcast around the world in real time.
Space Station Dodges Debris From Destroyed Chinese Satellite (SPACE.com)
Submitted by Earth News on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 11:44
ShareThisSPACE.com - The International Space Station fired its thrusters Saturday (Jan. 28) in order to steer clear of orbital debris from China's 2007 anti-satellite test.
Gingrichâs Space Colony Proposition Unrealistic (ContributorNetwork)
Submitted by Earth News on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 06:46
ShareThisContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Apparently the moon is the next prime real estate for U.S. citizens, or so former Speaker of the House and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich seems to think.
New Star Discoveries Found in Antique Telescope Plates (SPACE.com)
Submitted by Earth News on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 06:30
ShareThisSPACE.com - A century's worth of astronomical photographic plates have revealed a slew of new variable stars, many of which alter on timescales and in ways never before seen.
Skywatching Guide: How to Observe the Bright Twin Stars Gemini (SPACE.com)
Submitted by Earth News on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 06:30
ShareThisSPACE.com - Gemini is the northernmost constellation in the zodiac, which places it high in the winter sky in the northern hemisphere.
