Guest article by Dr. Mario M. Bisi (Research Focus) A cut in the ecliptic plane through a 3D reconstruction on 08 November 2004 at 0000 UT using white-light data from SMEI. The view is from directly North of the ecliptic; the Sun is at the centre marked by a +, the Earth is on the right marked with a...

Guest article by Greg Fish (blog: world of weird things) Oh what havoc faux-conservative pundit Stephen Colbert wrought on NASA and the ISS! To think that a little publicity stunt would actually put the U.S. space agency in a jam and incite grudging grumbles from Firefly fans who were sure that Node...

Guest article by Nina Lincoff An interview with Jeff Foust, Kathryn Thornton and Ian O’Neill. SpaceX Falcon 9 on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral (SpaceX) On Feb. 24, 2009, a quarter of a billion dollars fell into the Antarctic Ocean. NASA’s recently completed Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO),...

Guest article by John Nestler (website: Space Marauder) “The United States is not developing space weapons and could not afford to do so even if it wanted to,” said an official with the Pentagon last Thursday. Space weapons have always been a bit of a hush-hush topic, and it looks like...

Guest article by Greg Fish (blog: world of weird things) You can’t go on vacation any more without your video camera, especially if you’re going some place spectacular and exciting. When the new wave of space tourists soars into orbit, they’re going to come back with some spectacular...