Space News
Gesundheit! Hairy And Sneeze-worthy Rings Snare Summer Sun
Universe Today - 25 Jun 2013 23:17
For the past two weeks puffy clumps of seeds have been riding the air in my town. You can't avoid them. Open a door and they'll breeze right in. Take a deep breath and you'd better be careful you don't take a few down th...
Astronomers Spy Early Galaxies Caught In A Cosmic Spiderweb
Universe Today - 25 Jun 2013 22:01
Once upon a time, when the Universe was just about three billion years old, galaxies started to form. Now astronomers using a CSIRO radio telescope have captured evidence of the raw materials these galaxies used to fashi...
So You Wanna Go To Space. Can You Put Up With The Superpower Bacteria?
Universe Today - 25 Jun 2013 20:06
We all love space here and we're sure, given that thousands of people applied for a one-way trip to Mars, that at least some of you want to spend a long time in a spacecraft. But have you thought about the bacteria that ...
ISS Spacewalk Prepares for New Russian Laboratory
Universe Today - 25 Jun 2013 05:07
On Monday, two Russian cosmonauts conducted a 6-hour, 34-minute spacewalk to prepare for a new Russian module that will be launched later this year. Expedition 36 Flight Engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin...