I Am Fascinated By Space Science

I have always been interested in what lies beyond our known universe...not that I am not thoroughly amazed at what lies in our own solar system. Looking at things in outer space makes me feel so insignificant but not overwhelmed. It's...

First, it was Carl Sagan.Then it was Ken Orkheimer (sp?) The latter of the two, as we used to call him "The Star Guzzler" was part of one of the more perfect moments in my life. You know the kind, when the stars and planets align just...

Pioneer X (Pioneer Ten), an exploratory space probe, became the first human-made object to leave our solar system by way of its purposely being sent to do so. (It's long past due that with our many years of intelligent awareness, the...

It was storming all day and I did not think I can see it. So I went to sleep. My friend tells me she saw orange moon

Since I was in grade school, I have been interested in astronomy and the many new findings each year.  Most recently, there has been a finding in the Goldilocks zone, Gliese 581g.  It is found right in the middle of the...

According to various web resources:
The nearest star to our star, the sun is Proxima Centuri, just 4.22 short light years away.
The Milky Way galaxy, our galaxy, is 100,000 light years in diameter and contains hundreds of billions of...

I sent it to a fellow EPeep a few weeks ago, and he digs it as much as I do:

spacecollective [dot] org

Enjoy.

With this solar cycle looking like it will fizzle out will global warming extreamist calm down on rising tempertures seeing how the last time time sunspot activity was low like this europe and the rest of the northern hemisphere...

Space science,Fascinates me,Always has,What's out there?Is there life?These sort of things,I'd love to know.

With the space shuttle now in retirement and no new tech on the horizon for manned missions to orbit or beyond make me wanna start complaining.Now more than ever it seems like we as a race should be reaching out to our neighbors in our...

Above the atmosphere to infinity (and beyond)! 

have you guys ever noticed moon has been brighter in recent years? or is this just my imagination?

Wow i didn't know that the astronauts had communication delays on missions in space...
Its about 4 s delay from moon to earth,
And about 14 mins delay from mars to earth...SIGNIFICANT!!
Wondering how a person like me would survive in...