Skytalk Archive

The Mars Rover Opportunity is now 10 years old and still operating on the surface of the Red Planet. Saturday marks the ...

Greek mythology guides the naming convention for Pluto’s two most recently identified moons, more may be discover ...

Tomorrow is the exact middle of the year, and Friday marks aphelion – the earth’s greatest distance from th ...

You have until July 1st to sign up to send your name to Mars with MAVEN – first spacecraft dedicated to study of ...

Friday marks the official start of summer, but the advent also brings the curtain down on the growing sunrise to sunset ...

Following last week’s disclosure that Leonardo DiCaprio is signed up to take an out-of-this-world trip on Virgin ...

Leonardo DiCaprio is heading to space next year on Virgin Galactic; fastest trip ever to International Space Station; f ...

Opportunity has traversed 22.2 miles in its nine years and four months on the Red Planet, and is still performing good ...

The most minimal of penumbral lunar eclipses takes place Saturday night, though with clear skies, anyone can enjoy the ...

Not as big as the Big Bang, but this Big Blast blows away any other explosion ever seen by astronomers. The supermassiv ...

For a challenge, check out the Eta Aquarid meteor shower through Friday, 5/10. For an easier challenge, there are plane ...

At the age of 59, International Space Station cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov (pictured above) set a new record last week by ...

April 22, 2013 Image credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech [Dave Heller]: Get out the shampoo and ...

April 15, 2013 [Dave Heller] Come one, come all: techies, geeks, freaks, families and those just looking for a fun ...

April 8, 2013 [Dave Heller] Astronomers move a step closer to shedding light on dark matter, the stuff surmised to ...