Objects in Space (Or Trying to Get There)

Here's why I read Space.com every day...

1. What are comets? Dirty snowballs, right? Think again.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/stardust_results_040617.html

Craters and canyons on a comet? As Johnny Carson might put it, "this is wild stuff!"

2. Monday might be a red-letter day when SpaceShipOne, a spacecraft designed by Bert Rutan and bankrolled in part by Microsoft's Paul Allen, will launch towards the edge of space in an effort to give the world its first privately funded spaceship.

At this point, the identity of the astronaut remains unknown. But if all goes well, that anonymity won't last long.

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/SS1_guide_040618.html

Godspeed, SpaceShipOne.

3. In case you missed it, here's news about the Cassini's probe's fly-by of the Saturnian moon Phoebe:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/cassini_flew_by_040612.html

Cassini is on final approach to orbit the majestic ringed planet. Hopefully, we will soon be seeing images that knock our socks off.

4. And just in case the macro isn't your thing, how about the micro? Specifically, how about the teleportation of atoms?

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/atom_teleportation_040617.html