Spitzer Space Telescope: The Musical

No, I'm not joking. Watch it here, if you dare. Enjoy? Please leave reviews below if you actually watch it...

Pin the tail on the galaxy

That is what these astronomers did here. Enjoy!

No, Mars is not going to appear as large as the Moon

I don't care what that email said, it won't. Read why here or listen to it here.

New Gravitation Wave Detector?

Maybe in Australia. Go here to read more.

Anti-matter in space

It is nowhere as scary as it sounds. There are anti-matter particles constantly bombarding the Earth's atmosphere, where they promptly annihilate and never make it to the surface. Go here to read about a new experiment to be placed on the ISS to detect these and figure out where they come from.

Yet another Solar System Clone

It hasn't gotten old yet, at least for me. Read about it here.

How to mix up a galaxy

Collide it with another one, of course. Go here to learn what exactly I'm talking about.

NASA High School Engineering Competition

Straight from the emails of NASA headquarters:

NASA is challenging high school teams to design software to program small satellites aboard the International Space Station. The competition centers on the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES. SPHERES are bowling ball-sized spherical satellites used to test maneuvers for spacecraft performing autonomous rendezvous and docking. Three of these satellites fly inside the station's cabin. Each is self-contained with power, propulsion, computing and navigation equipment.

The Zero-Robotics investigation, run by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., is designed to inspire future scientists and engineers. The teams are asked to address challenges of satellite docking, assembly and flight formation. The 2010 Zero-Robotics Challenge expands on a limited pilot program performed in fall 2009. This expanded pilot, called HelioSPHERES, will involve
high schools from across the country during the 2010 - 2011 academic year. This new education program builds critical engineering skills for students, such as problem solving, design thought process, operations training, teamwork and presentation skills. The first 100 high school teams to register by Sept. 10 will be selected for the competition. Their full proposals are due by Sept. 14. More information and registration instructions are available here. Twenty teams selected from the 100 candidates will compete using simulations and ground-based testing at MIT. The software of the top 10 winners will be sent to the station, and an astronaut aboard the orbiting laboratory will program the SPHERES satellites to run the students' tests. For additional information on NASA and MIT's Zero-Robotics program,
visit this webpage.

Neutrinos they are very small.

They have no charge and have no mass
And do not interact at all.

Well, so said John Updike. They don't have no mass, but very very little mass, and it now appears that they have even less mass than people thought as you can read here. And while to them "The earth is just a silly ball," by detecting them deep underground you can learn quite about the Earth, which you can read about here. Enjoy, and my apologies for butchering that quite cute poem.

The Future of Astronomy

Every ten year, the National Academy of Science convenes a panel of astronomers to come up with a plan for what research should be accomplished over the next ten years. It is a nerve wracking process for many, and was recently completed. Go here to read more about it and see the results.