NASA confirmed yesterday that they have detected and verified a “trojan asteroid” which accompanies Earth around its orbit of the sun.  It was discovered by the WISE telescope which orbits above us in space.  The WISE telescope is funded by NASA. Having never heard of a trojan-anything in space, after researching what one is, it [...]

A mountain lion which officials say traveled all the way from South Dakota to Connecticut for a distance of approximately 1,500 miles was likely killed by being struck by a motor vehicle according to testing of the carcass. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (or, DEEP) reported yesterday in a document that genetic [...]

NASA’s spacecraft, Atlantis (referred to internally as ‘OV-104′ within the space agency), touched down early this morning just before the sun came up on the east coast of the United States.  This also marks the final time for the foreseeable future that NASA will launch a manned-spacecraft beyond our atmosphere into space. Atlantis served the [...]

The Hubble telescope has discovered a new moon that is in orbit around Pluto.  The scientific community has yet to give it a proper full-name at this time, so they are just calling it “P4″ and will iron out the details regarding a formal name at a later date. This new moon has a diameter [...]

NASA’s spacecraft named ‘Dawn’ has been hurtling through space for several years now after being launched in September of 2007.  It is en-route to a Asteroid named ‘Vesta,’ and is poised to be within orbit of the celestial rock within a matter of hours between now to tomorrow on Friday.  Vesta is positioned between Mars [...]

A Grizzly bear fatally wounded a man yesterday on Wednesday according to a document released by the Yellowstone National Park.  The attack occurred on the Wapiti Lake Trail which is just east of the Grand Loop Road and south of Canyon Village. The man was not alone, he was traveling with his wife, who survives [...]