Earth

Earth

by | Dec 7, 2010 | AstroNews

Galileo snapshot of Earth and our Moon. (5 k) The “Dark Side of The Moon”, or the side we never see from earth. (14 k) A fallen legend: Space Station Mir(9 k) Earth & Moon Viewer(so many ways to view earth & moon here!) Get more satellite shots...
It was 40 Years Ago

It was 40 Years Ago

by | Dec 7, 2010 | Astronews

Forty years ago, July 19,1969, I was a young boy who watched – along with millions of other earthlings – as Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, and Neil Armstrong left prints in the dust of another world for the very first time. It doesn’t get more...
It was 40 Years Ago

See the Moon in 3D! See Mars in 3D! See the heavens

by | Dec 7, 2010 | Astronews

By now everyone knows about Google Earth, probably the best free software of the last decade. Well just in time for the 40th anniversay of the Moon landings, Google Earth brings you THE MOON! Use Google Earth 5 to see: * Tours of lunar landing sites, narrated by...
Saturn Has Another GINORMOUS Ring!

Saturn Has Another GINORMOUS Ring!

by | Dec 7, 2010 | Astronews

Ever hear of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope? No? Well maybe you’ve heard of the Hubble Space Telescope? unlike Hubble, which takes pictures in visible light, Spitzer takes infrared light photos. Formerly called Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF),...