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Moon, Venus, Jupiter Conjunction Dazzles California

Tonight is a very special night. Three celestial bodies clustered together in the sky, signifying a rare conjunction between the Moon, Venus and Jupiter. If you missed it, you’ll have to wait five years until the natural satellite of the Earth and two ...

From IAN O'NEILL, Astroengine,  2 Dec 2008

Addendum: Astroengine Live Email Address

Woops, it looks like I’ve been quoting the incorrect email address for my Astroengine Live radio show. Disregard the contact email address I have been quoting and update your address books with astro@wprtradio.com. So, huge apologies for that, if you ...

From IAN O'NEILL, Astroengine,  1 Dec 2008

Old Space Observatory Spare Parts to Search for Dirty Bombs

From 1991 to 2000, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory dominated the search for the largest explosions ever observed in the cosmos: gamma-ray bursts (or GRBs). Unfortunately after nearly a decade of highly successful observations, June 4th 2000, NASA ...

From IAN O'NEILL, Universe Today,  1 Dec 2008

Blogosphere Canadian Fireball Updates

University of Calgary graduate student Ellen Milley poses with a fragment of a meteorite in a small pond near Lloydminster, Sask. (AP) Having read though some of the updates across the space blogosphere, I thought it would be good to give the event a ...

From IAN O'NEILL, Astroengine,  29 Nov 2008

Apollo Astronaut Highlights Threat of Asteroid Strike

In a renewed attempt to bring the concern about a potential asteroid strike to the world’s attention, former Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart briefed UN officials on Tuesday about a report entitled “Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response.” ...

From IAN O'NEILL, Astroengine,  27 Nov 2008

Listen to Astroengine Live on WPRT Radio, Today

In an effort to bring the space news efforts from the Internet to the radio, I have my own little radio show every Wednesday! I've been a regular guest on Paranormal Radio with Captain Jack (his awesome show will start immediately after mine, so stay ...

From IAN O'NEILL, Universe Today,  26 Nov 2008

Listen to Astroengine Live Today at 4pm PST

On Tuesday night I was resigned to the fact that episode #2 of Astroengine Live would be more Astroengine Recorded Yesterday. The original plan was to drive to Las Vegas to spend Thanksgiving with family, heading out today. Therefore I’d miss doing ...

From IAN O'NEILL, Astroengine,  26 Nov 2008

Ex-NASA Associate Administrator's Anger at the "Cancer" Overtaking US Space Agency

After writing the article "Wasteful" Sample Storage Box Removed from Mars Science Laboratory on November 22nd, I couldn't help but think how many researchers could have had their salaries, research and institutions supported by the wasted $2 million ...

From IAN O'NEILL, Universe Today,  25 Nov 2008

Follow Astroengine on Twitter!

As if I’m not spending enough time in front of my computer already, it appears there’s another social web application I’ve been neglecting! I actually signed up to Twitter in August, but forgot about my Twitter account’s existence until now. After an ...

From IAN O'NEILL, Astroengine,  25 Nov 2008

The Search For Life, What’s the Point?

Another mission, another brave “search for life”… Is it me, or does virtually every robotic foray into space have some ET-searching component attached? In the case of Mars exploration, every lander and rover’s prime directive is find life, evidence of ...

From IAN O'NEILL, Astroengine,  23 Nov 2008

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