Space shuttle lands in California

" The space shuttle Atlantis has landed in California, where it was diverted after continuing stormy weather prevented a Florida touchdown. Atlantis landed at 1539 GMT at Edwards Air Force Base. Officials had...

Hubble Telescope 'Captured' by STS-125 Space Shuttle Atlantis

Crew of the space shuttle Atlantis have 'captured' the Hubble telescope using the shuttle's robot arm. The STS-125 mission will now attempt to repair the Hubble over the course of the next five days. NASA's official...

Tweeeets in Spaaaaace! Atlantis Astronaut Mike Massimino Twitters

Guess what, fellow kewl interwebbers — you might think your Twitterberry/Tweetie/Twitterfon updates are the most awesomesauce mobile updates evar, but you'd be wrong. Can you possibly compete with @Astro_Mike —...

NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch: STS-125 Liftoff Success

NASA's space shuttle Atlantis successfully launched today and has achieved orbit. Liftoff took take place at 2:01pm EDT on Monday, May 11th. NASA TV has ongoing live video coverage of the mission streamed online. ...

International Year of Astronomy 2009 kicks off January 15

The International Year of Astronomy for 2009 starts on January 15th, and is a global effort by the International Astronomical Union to get all citizens of the world to think about their place in the universe, and the...

Now in Sight: Far from the Planets

A little more of the universe has been come out from the shadows. Two groups of astronomers have taken the pictures of dust ring which seems like planets going around other stars.A red dust ring, seen surrounds...

World's Largest Telescope to be placed on Moon

Scientists want to place the world's largest telescope on Earth's biggest satellite: the Moon. Using some of the simplest technologies available, like water based telescopes, researchers have devised a way to use...

Hubble Trouble

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - Shuttles Atlantis and Endevour both sit on their launch pads at the Kennedy Space Center, awaiting launch.  This will be Atlantis' 30th mission and possibly its last.  This is...

NASA Space Shuttle Retirement May be Delayed

NASA is apparently looking at extending the life of the Space Shuttle until the new man-rated launch system, Ares, [with Orion being the manned component] comes on line about 2015.  [September 2014 is...

Hubble Discovers Life Basics On Distant Sphere :: Oblate Spheroid

"The upgraded Hubble telescope, with its perch circling above the Oblate Spheroid out in space, has discovered what is considered the basic evidence of the “signature” that life (as we understand it) could...

The New “Times Ninety” Hubble Telescope :: Oblate Spheroid

"The Hubble has proven to be a delicate but productive instrument. The information and confirmation of astronomical theories this instrument, placed in orbit, out in space, has produced have been...