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Stellar Cartography
Stellar cartographers are responsible for mapping the accurate locations of stars, galaxies, and other celestial objects. This sounds fairly simple to do–just look up into the night sky and make a map...
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A “Terrible Responsibility”
The June issue of Popular Mechanics has a brief article on one of NASA’s safety features for the Space Shuttle program. Apparently, should the Shuttle malfunction during a launch, NASA has the ability...
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The Phoenix Goes to Mars
Exciting news from NASA–their long-awaited Phoenix Lander is scheduled to touch down on the Martian surface on Sunday, nine and a half months after leaving Earth. The Phoenix is another NASA mission...
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The Oldest Maps of All
Mankind has been making star charts for thousands of years. Particularly for ancient societies, stars and other celestial bodies represented their mythological figures–gods, heroes, and wild...
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The Milky Way Mosaic
The Milky Way Galaxy is a big place. It’s close to 100,000 lightyears across another 1,000 lightyears thick. It’s home to around 300 billion stars, including our Sun, which revolve lazily around the...
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