With help from NASA, an international team has discovered a new pulsar. Using similar techniques, another team has discovered nine new pulsars. All of this made possible by NASA’s new Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. more…

In east Africa, the worst drought in 60 years has triggered famine fear in Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya. Refugees are crowding into camps, and a volatile local environment make aid distribution difficult. The United Nations has distributed aid to over a million people in Somali. Much more aid is …

Atlantis takes off for it’s final mission, July 8th, 2011. This will end 30 years of Shuttle flight, that began with space shuttle Columbia. The 4 man crew wraps the program with a 12 day mission. Bringing supplies and spare parts, they’ll also work on a robotic refueling experiment.  Future …

What was that?!  That was the asteroid dubbed “2011 MD”.  It flew by earth at about 12000 miles per hour.  Discovered June 22, the asteroid came so close that amateur astronomers were able to get a glimpse. Some say this stray would have broken up in the atmosphere. Other scientist …