Solar System Topics
BATSE Discovers Unique Gamma-Ray Bursts
1996 — April 6, 2011
Unique telescope to open the X(-ray) Files
1996 — April 6, 2011
MSFC Earth-Sun Studies Featured at AGU
1996 — April 6, 2011
BATSE Pins Down Space Oddity
sgr — April 6, 2011
The Incredible Journey of the JWST
2008 — April 6, 2011
From humble beginnings in a Utah beryllium mine to the most advanced laboratories in the world, the mirrors of NASA's next great observatory are taking an incredible journey to space.
Amateur Astronomers See Perseids Hit the Moon
2008 — Sept. 20, 2011
Backyard astronomers watching the Perseid meteor shower last month saw meteoroids hitting not only Earth but also the Moon. They recorded the impacts using backyard telescopes and off-the-shelf cameras, showing that "lunar meteors" are easy targets for amateur observatories and that amateur astronomers can contribute to NASA's lunar research.
Exploring the Cosmos in Braille
2008 — April 6, 2011
Images from NASA telescopes are jewels of the space program, marvelous to behold. But how do you behold them when you can't see? The answer lies between the covers of a new NASA-funded book written in Braille, Touch the Invisible Sky.
NASA Begins Hunt for New Meteor Showers
2008 — April 6, 2011
NASA astronomers have set up a monitoring station to scan the night sky for unknown or unexpected meteor showers--and they're finding more than they bargained for.
A Telescope Made of Moondust
2008 — Sept. 20, 2011
Mix moondust with epoxy, add a dash of carbon nanotubes, and spin. The result? A parabolic mirror perfectly suited for a lunar observatory. A NASA scientist has discovered this new recipe for making telescopes out of moondust, and to prove it works he has spun a "moondust mirror" here on Earth.
Liquid Mirror Telescopes on the Moon
2008 — April 6, 2011
A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make 'unbelievably large' telescopes on the Moon.