I met an astronaut today! It was awesome ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to post about this for nigh on two weeks. I fail posting in a timely fashion ( Read more... )

Hubble Servicing Mission 4 Approved: NASA announced today plans for a fifth servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Shuttle astronauts will visit the telescope to extend and improve the observatory's capabilities through 2013.Whee! I am so excited about this, it totally made my day. NASA had originally said that there would be no more ( Read more... )

A research team using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and gravitational lensing observations have found direct evidence that dark matter exists. Do read that post, it's very interesting (and damn cool) and very accessible; everything is clear and well explained. And it links to lots of interesting papers, sites and pictures if you want more ( Read more... )