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Satellite down: The night a satellite crashed
The OCO satellite splashed into the sea near Antarctica Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, leaving eight years of preparation to study Earth's carbon cycle from space unrealized.
February 24, 2009
Mars mineral may mean life-friendly past
A study that's opened up the possibility that life existed on the planet Mars deep in its past. The science team of a NASA mission looks at a Mars mineral on its surface.
February 17, 2009
George Doschek studies sun’s surface, corona
Solar physicist George Doschek of the Naval Research Laboratory spoke to EarthSky on what scientists are learning about the sun's atmosphere.
February 11, 2009
Tectonics happening on Enceladus!
Astronomer Paul Helfenstein talks about some exciting tectonics - geological movements - on the planet Saturn's icy moon Enceladus.
January 29, 2009
Space moth: New solar system interacts with interstellar gases
Astronomer Dean Hines talk about an enormous, moth-shaped bunch of interstellar gas and dust showing signs of planet formation, it's dubbed "Space moth".
January 28, 2009
Saturn’s moon may have ice volcanoes
Hear astronomer Jonathan Lunine talk about possible ice volcanoes on Titan - Saturn's moon - the largest and very mysterious moon.
January 27, 2009
Orsola de Marco studies the rainbow spectra of stars
Orsola De Marco, an astrophysicist, studies the light of stars split into a rainbow of colors - what astronomers commonly refer to as a 'spectrum.'
January 11, 2009
Earth-like planets: The hunt is on
NASA astronomer Drake Deming talks about using brightness detectors similar to those on digital cameras to help in the hunt for Earth-like planets around other stars.
November 7, 2008
Sports in space
We’re in the midst of a financial hornets’ nest, Afghanistan is still in turmoil, and the planet continues to warm....
November 3, 2008
New Milky Way arm gives symmetry
Thomas Dame said that new Milky Way arm recently discovered gives our galaxy "a beautiful bi-symmetric symmetry, like a seesaw, like a butterfly's wings."
October 30, 2008
