Apollo Astronauts Couldn't Sleep Before Lunar Liftoff By Tony Phillips 15 July 2009 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were supposed to sleep prior to liftoff. But how could they?
Cosmic Rays Might Come from Dark Matter By Tony Phillips 19 November 2008 A puzzling surplus of high-energy electrons is bombarding Earth from space.
100 Explosions Recorded on the Moon By Tony Phillips 21 May 2008 NASA astronomers have observed the Moon flashing a hundred times.
The Vanishing Rings of Saturn By Tony Phillips 19 March 2008 Astronomers notice Saturn's rings narrowing.
Strange Sunspot Looks Like Prehistoric Trilobite By Tony Phillips 19 September 2007 NASA scientists capture strange sunspot activity on magnetogram.
Scientist Devises Way to Forecast Solar Storms By Tony Phillips 01 June 2007 A scientist says he has figured out a way to forecast solar storms up to one hour before they strike Earth.
NASA: Help Us Spot Moon Meteorites By Tony Phillips 04 January 2007 No less than 11 meteors smacked into the Moon during December's Geminid meteor shower, NASA astronomers have found.
Doorstep Astronomy: Stars and Planets Align By Tony Phillips 30 May 2006 Something remarkable is about to happen in the evening sky. Three planets and a star cluster are converging for a close encounter you won't want to miss.
Sun's Currents of Fire Slow to Record Low By Tony Phillips 10 May 2006 The Sun's Great Conveyor Belt has slowed to a record-low crawl, with important repercussions for future solar activity.
Broken Comet On Its Way By Tony Phillips 24 March 2006 Astronomers will soon get a second chance to view a comet that broke apart in 1995.
Surprise! Jupiter Has A New Red Spot By Tony Phillips 03 March 2006 Backyard astronomers, grab your telescopes. Jupiter is growing a new red spot.
Astronauts to Toss Spacesuit From International Space Station By Tony Phillips 27 January 2006 One of the strangest satellites in the history of the space age is about to go into orbit. Launch date: Feb. 3.
NASA Collects Gravity Data to Test Einstein's Theory By Patrick L. Barry, Tony Phillips 17 November 2005 NASA's Gravity Probe B spacecraft has gathered all the data physicists need to check a bizarre prediction of Einstein's relativity.
Guitars and Rockets: Surprising Similarity Between By Tony Phillips 08 November 2005 They both resonate. That's good for a guitar, bad for a rocket. Learn more.
Fireball Sightings on the Rise By Tony Phillips 03 November 2005 Earth is orbiting through a swarm of space debris that may be producing an unusual number of nighttime fireballs.
Mars Hoax Circulates the Internet By Tony Phillips 08 July 2005 Mars won't be as big as the full Moon. But it will be a nice skywatching target later this year.
A Bad Week to be on the Moon By Tony Phillips 28 January 2005 The largest proton storm in years bathed the Moon in radiation. With no atmosphere, it's a dangerous place for astronauts.
Guide to the Orionid Meteor Shower By Tony Phillips 20 October 2004 Would you like to see a piece of Halley's Comet streak past a planet that looks like an exploding star? No problem. Just set your alarm.
Genesis Re-entry to Create Fireball in Western Sky By Tony Phillips 07 September 2004 At precisely 8:52:46 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), a white-hot dot of light will begin to glide across the blue morning sky.
