Seneca Astronomy

Days in the Sun

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:13:40 -0500

From solstice to solstice,

Saturn's Hexagon Comes to Light

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:13:40 -0500

Believe it or not, this is the North Pole of Saturn.

Deep Orion Over the Canary Islands

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:13:40 -0500

Which attracts your eye more -- the sky or the ground?

January Aurora Over Norway

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:13:40 -0500

What's that in the sky?

Opportunity Rover Spots Greeley Haven on Mars

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:13:40 -0500

Where on Mars should you spend the winter?

The Gingrich Who Stole The News Cycle

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:38:39 -0500

Siriusly twinkling

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:19:42 -0500

Weekly Space Roundup for January 26, 2012

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:05:59 -0500

This is a galaxy

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:23:16 -0500

Rosetta’s stunning Mars

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:52:58 -0500

Astronaut Jerry Ross, First Seven-Time Flier, Retires

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0500

Jerry Ross, the first person to launch into space seven times, has retired from NASA. In a career that spanned more than three decades, Ross spent almost 1,400 hours in space and conducted nine spacewalks to rank third on the list of most extravehicular activity time in space.

Texas Students to Speak Live With Space Station Crew

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0500

Fifth- through eighth-grade students at Asa Low Intermediate School in Mansfield, Texas, will speak with NASA’s Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station at 11:50 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

NASA's Kepler Announces 11 Planetary Systems Hosting 26 Planets

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0500

NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets. These discoveries nearly double the number of verified planets and triple the number of stars known to have more than one planet that transits, or passes in front of, the star.

NASA Hosts Briefing on New Observations of Interstellar Matter

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0500

NASA will host a Science Update at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, to discuss new analysis from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft of material from outside our solar system and the interstellar boundary region that surrounds our home in space.

NASA Awards Safety And Mission Assurance Contract Extension

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0500

NASA has exercised two six-month options to the agency's Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services Contract with Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) of San Diego for the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The options are worth $32.9 million.