A small asteroid that is being called 2011 MD will sail just close enough to earth on Monday to flirt with medium to large scale telescopes. Scientists have said that 2011 MD measures approximately 33 feet in length and will pass over the Atlantic Ocean at around 9:30am EDT at a distance of about 7,500 feet. Another small asteroid flew by Earth earlier this year at a distance of approximately 3,400... 

Commander Mark Kelly, husband of Senator Gabrielle Gifford who was wounded in the January 8th shooting spree in Tucson Arizona, has announced his intentions to retire from both NASA and the U.S. Navy as of October 1st of this year. Kelly an astronaut and U.S. Navy Captain has flown four shuttle missions for NASA, including the final mission for the shuttle Endeavor. Kelly joined NASA as an astronaut... 

A total lunar eclipse is when the Earth completely blocks the sun which causes the moon to appear to change color. This “color change” is because indirect sunlight must travel through the Earth’s atmosphere before reaching the moon and any clouds or dust in the atmosphere will block certain colors in the sunlight. The colors range from yellow, to red and orange but the exact color... 

The eclipse today was quite spectacular, not only because of the long 100 minute duration, but it was also the darkest eclipse of the century. The eclipse began with the moon’s usual white glow, slowly fading to a deep reddish orange, then a blood red color as the Moon, Earth and Sun lined up and the Earth fully occulted the Sun’s light. A small amount of sunlight filtered through Earth’s... 

Today, June 15, 2011 marks the longest lunar eclipse in 11 years. This is the first of only two lunar eclipses this year. Another one will not be seen until Dec. 10, 2011. This eclipse begins at 2:22 Eastern Time and 18:23 Universal Time. It has been reported that this lunar eclipse will be the longest and darkest of this century. The moon will be totally covered for 1 hour and 40 minutes while being... 

Stargazers in parts of Europe, Africa, Central Asia and Australia will have something spectacular to gaze at on Wednesday. The first total lunar eclipse of the year, and experts say it is the longest one in almost 11 years. When the earth cast its shadow over the moon, you get the total eclipse that is breathtaking to see. The sunlight illuminating the moon will turn it a glowing red. The shadow will... 

Tomorrow night the moon will pass behind the earth and through its shadow causing a lunar eclipse. During the eclipse, which is expected to last nearly four hours, the moon will change colors from white to a soft, copper-red color. During a lunar eclipse the earth is aligned directly with the sun and the moon passes behind the earth. Instead of sunlight the moon reflects the earth’s shadow. Since... 

On June 15, stargazers will have a chance to see the longest eclipse of the moon to happen since 2000. The lunar eclipse, the first of 2011, will last for a total of 100 minutes and the best viewing will be in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Middle East. Unfortunately for U.S. stargazers, the eclipse will not be visible from North America. The duration of this eclipse has only been rivaled... 

On Tuesday night the Endeavor Space Shuttle completed which could be its last mission as it landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The final mission brought a crew of astronauts to the International Space Station where they completed a few repairs and maintenance activities to complete the space station’s recent renovations. Now that the space shuttle has landed in Florida, the next stop... 

Space fanatics were feeling a bitter sweet moment this morning as they watched the space shuttle Endeavor make its final landing in Florida after it completed its 16 day mission to the space station. The landing went off without a hitch as the shuttle safely came to a stop at around 2:35 this morning. As the Endeavor rolled down the runway to its final stop you could see the space shuttle Atlantis...