Human Rights in Space

Human Rights in Space

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. As part of the commemoration of this event, the space shuttle Endeavour brought a version of it up to the…
Mysterious New Aurora Discovered On Saturn

Mysterious New Aurora Discovered On Saturn

An infrared camera aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered a unique aurora lighting up Saturn's polar cap. The mysterious new aurora is unlike any other known in our solar system. "We've…
Zooming Into Solar System Formation

Zooming Into Solar System Formation

Planet formation, as we all know (and don't know), is chaotic. It is like a lorenz Attractor constructable in computational astrophysics labs. When I was working on my astronomy project at Harvard…
NGC 404 - 'Ghost of Mirach' Materializes

NGC 404 - 'Ghost of Mirach' Materializes

NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has lifted the veil off a ghost known to haunt the local universe, providing new insight into the formation and evolution of galaxies.  The eerie creature,…
Arp 147 Shows Hubble Is Back In Business

Arp 147 Shows Hubble Is Back In Business

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is back in business with a snapshot of the fascinating galaxy pair Arp 147. The science operations were resumed on 25 October 2008, four weeks after a problem with…