2006
2006 Transit of Mercury
Oct. 20, 2006
Mark your calendar: On Wednesday, Nov 8th, the planet Mercury will pass directly in front the Sun.
Crash Landing on the Moon
July 28, 2006
At the dawn on the Space Age, the first spaceship to reach The Mooncrashed. Forty-seven years later, NASA plans to do it again.
Lunar Olympics
Feb. 8, 2006
If winter Olympic Games were held on the moon, where would they be? The lunar Alps, of course.
Thanksgiving Skies
Nov. 21, 2006
Flying somewhere for Thanksgiving? Think of it as a sky watching opportunity. There are some things you can see only through the window of an airplane.
The Sky is Falling
April 28, 2006
Every day The Moonis hit by a surprising number of meteoroids. NASA researchers are poking through old Apollo data to find out if these projectiles pose a threat to future explorers.
The X-ray Transit of Mercury
Nov. 17, 2006
Using a high-resolution X-ray telescope, Japan's new Hinode spacecraft captured some unique and beautiful images of last week's Transit of Mercury.
A Meteoroid Hits the Moon
June 13, 2006
Last month, astronomers watched a meteoroid blast a hole in the lunar Sea of Clouds. Their video of the event is a must-see.
Corkscrew Asteroids
June 9, 2006
A tiny asteroid corkscrewing around Earth for the past seven years is about to leave the neighborhood.
SuitSat
Jan. 26, 2006
Using a simple police scanner or ham radio, you can listen to a disembodied spacesuit circling Earth.
See the Incredible Shrinking Planet
Feb. 21, 2006
Mercury makes a rare appearance in the evening sky this week.