'Unexpectedly' Complex Molecule Found In Space

'Unexpectedly' Complex Molecule Found In Space

What is really happening in apparently empty areas of the Galaxy?   It may get a rethink because scientists have managed to find a molecule that has an unexpectedly complicated structure in…
Doom From Space

Doom From Space

I'm a nice guy launching a nice little musical satellite.  But what if I were a super-villain?  What if _you_ were a super-villain and launching your own satellite?  Think-- and listen…
Asteroid Near-Misses Happen All Of The Time

Asteroid Near-Misses Happen All Of The Time

In case you do not easily panic, you may have missed the story that two asteroids were passing close to Earth yesterday.  Not to worry, it happens all of the time, but because their existence…
NGC 300 Gets A Striking New Image

NGC 300 Gets A Striking New Image

NGC 300 is one of the closest and most prominent spiral galaxies in the southern skies,  about six million light-years away and bright enough it can be seen with binoculars. NGC 300 lies in the…
InterOrbital Rocket Sneak Peeks

InterOrbital Rocket Sneak Peeks

I like rocket photos and was getting a little jealous looking at all the Copenhagen folk's photos. Where were my rocket's photos?  I'm launching the Project Calliope music satellite with…
Edge Learning And SpaceUpDC

Edge Learning And SpaceUpDC

Edges are where topics intersect.  Edges are where uncomfortable thoughts reside.  Edges define a topic by being just barely part of that topic.  They are the border between what is…
Lobate Scarps And The Incredible Shrinking Moon

Lobate Scarps And The Incredible Shrinking Moon

Previously undetected landforms indicate the Moon is ... shrinking. Lobate scarps  are thrust faults that occur primarily in the Moon's lunar highlands. They were first recognized in photographs…