Hubble astronomers find another moon around Pluto

NASA announced on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, that the Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a fourth moon orbiting around the dwarf planet Pluto.

Researchers at Southwest Research Institute have used the Hubble Space Telescope to take images of the dwarf planet Pluto. Because of its tilt to the Sun, its atmosphere actually freezes and falls to the ground, forming large molasses-colored patches. Why? Don’t know yet. But, New help is just over the Horizon!

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceThe Hubble Space Telescope has gathered in light from 13.2 billion years ago -- to the early beginnings of our universe. It is the furthest back in time that we have ever seen!

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceAn international team of astronomers used a NASA telescope to determine the average distance between stars. They used what is called "cosmic fog" to make this determination.

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceAccording to reports surfacing this week (the first week of October 2012), the U.S. space agency NASA has indicated that it is seriously considering the establishment of a space station, with the help of international partners, on the far-side of the Moon. Will NASA be able to do it? Do you like such a plan?

The planet Venus made an once-in-a-lifetime transit of the Sun last week, but a French astrophotographer got exceptionally lucky because he also photographed the Hubble Space Telescope crossing the Sun at the same time.

April 2010 marks the twentieth anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. To honor the vast accomplishments of this telescopic pioneer in space-based astronomy, NASA and Abrams Books have collaborated with the illustrated book “Hubble: A Journey Through Space and Time.”  

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceFor you skeptics out there, here's additional proof that the American space program did land astronauts on the Moon in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Pictures of the American flags placed on the Moon by the NASA astronauts are still upright on the lunar surface.

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceThe rocket that will send humans into space further than anyone has gone before (to asteroids, Mars, and beyond) has passed a major NASA review, as announced on Wednesday, July 25, 2012.