First Planet Confirmed Within "Habitable Zone" According to NASA

Of the thousands of planets that could possibly hold life, only one (so far) has been confirmed to be within the "perfect" location for liquefaction of water (as opposed to being on the edge). Read the full article on Kepler-22b here.

NASA Sounds

Maybe it's just me but I found these released NASA sounds quite enjoyable to listen to. One of my favourites is Atlas V: Launch.

IYA Sites 2009 and Darwin

International Year of Astronomy sites: Parteners: NASA, Astro League and AAVSO. Finally the interesting evolution site: Evolution: Darwin

Mindboggling photo

This is an historic photo taken very recently: never let it be said that we don't live in interesting times! This is a photo of Phoenix as it was landing on Mars, taken by another man-made machine, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. How cool is it to photograph our own Mars landing?

Via: www.planetary.org who says: Credit: NASA / JPL / U. Arizona

Mars Phoenix

Home page for the successful Phoenix Mars landing is here. This is a brand new image.