After five times in space, a top astronaut says it’s time for a cruise
Source: USA Today The captain of Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Symphony won’t be the only captain on board when the ship sets sail for the Mexican Riviera on Nov. 28. The luxury line says Captain Robert “Hoot” Gibson, a longtime NASA astronaut with...In the Hunt for Planets, Who Owns the Data?
Source: The New York Times We are about to find out just how generous nature really is. On Tuesday, astronomers operating NASA’s Kepler spacecraft will release a list of about 350 stars newly suspected of harboring planets, including five systems with multiple...Moon Has a Hundred Times More Water Than Thought
Source: National Geographic Could this be the final blow to the theory that the moon is bone dry? Not only does the moon’s surface hold a “significant amount” of water—as two NASA crashes confirmed in October—but, a new study says, the moon’s...Why Did Jupiter Flash?
Source: Discovery.com There’s something strange about last week’s Jupiter impact. There’s a chance it might not have been an ‘impact’ at all. This twist in the amazing tale of the June 3 Jupiter “flash” comes after follow-up...Emmy Goes to NASA’s Bernoulli’s Principle
This award winning educational feature was filmed aboard the International Space Station, featuring European Space Agency astronaut Frank DeWinne of Belgium and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Bernoulli’s Principle, an episode of the...NASA’s Summer of Innovation Shifts into High Gear
Credit: White House Thousands of middle school students and teachers are to be engaged with NASA through its Summer of Innovation initiative, to be kicked off on June 10. The effort is focused on stimulating math and science-based education programs. NASA’s goal is...NASA EDGE: NE Live@Lunabotics Mining Competition – Coverage begins Friday, May 28th 11:00am to 12:00pm EDT!
Source: NASA NASA EDGE, an award-winning agency talk show, will host a live webcast from the Lunabotics Mining Competition at 11 a.m. EDT on May 28 from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Astronaut Hall of Fame. More than 20 university teams from around...NEW Q&A: Whitman grad Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger talks about education and spaceflight
Source: The Union Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger propelled her career to the highest reaches, all the way to space, by challenging herself in school and letting her curiosity be a guide. Metcalf-Lindenburger graduated from Whitman College in...Astronaut and teacher talks about lessons, challenges of space
Source: The Spokesman Review Idaho schoolteacher Barbara Morgan was next in line to be NASA’s teacher in space when the first designee for that post, Christa McAuliffe, was killed in the Challenger space shuttle explosion in 1986. Twenty-one years later, Morgan went...Space Talk
Observation of the week: AD Leo.
Our SkyKeepers observed this red dwarf just 16 light-years away. It’s one of the most active flare stars known, with eruptions that can rise and fade in seconds to minutes.
A reminder of why response time matters in astronomy.
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The galaxy is unbelievably vast — every field of stars holds a million possibilities. So quiet, so peaceful. #Space #Stars #Astronomy
