Looking Up by Bob Eklund

NASA Telescope Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter into Space – Scientists using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before. Scientists think the antimatter …[READ MORE]

Closeups of Saturn’s Moon Rhea Show Unprecedented Detail – Newly released by NASA, images of Saturn’s second largest moon Rhea obtained by the Cassini spacecraft show dramatic views of fractures cutting through craters on the …[READ MORE]

It’s Cold and Wet at The Moon’s South Pole Frozen water just inches below the Moon’s surface has been confirmed by an international team of scientists. Based on data the group obtained with an instrument …[READ MORE]

Building Blocks of Life Created in “Impossible” Place NASA-funded scientists have discovered amino acids, a fundamental building block of life, in a meteorite where none were expected. “This meteorite formed when two asteroids collided,” said …[READ MORE]

Active Sun, Eclipsed Moon A massive solar storm erupted from the Sun Dec. 6, creating a huge tendril of plasma that stretched across the face of our star. The giant solar eruption created a long …[READ MORE]

Discovery of Arsenic-Based Life on Earth Could Widen Search for Extraterrestrials Astrobiology research announced by NASA Dec. 2 may change our fundamental concept of what constitutes all known life on Earth—and is causing astronomers to …[READ MORE]

Cassini Finds Warm Cracks On Enceladus – New images and data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft give scientists a unique Saturn-lit view of active fissures through the south polar region of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. They reveal …[READ MORE]

Planet from Another Galaxy Discovered An exoplanet orbiting a star that entered our Milky Way from another galaxy has been detected by a European team of astronomers using a 2.2-meter (87-inch) telescope at the La …[READ MORE]

UK Scientists Create “Mini Big Bangs” in Large Hadron Collider – UK scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider’s (LHC’s) ALICE experiment at CERN are celebrating the LHC’s latest achievement which opens up an entirely …[READ MORE]

Somewhere, over the rainbow… Astronomers Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence This week astronomers from twelve countries will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) by beginning a coordinated …[READ MORE]