MAP, NASAs Microwave Anisotropy Probe, has finally given up its first results. If you're interested in topics like the age of the universe (13.7 billion years), this is a good place to get some additional info.

The Associated Press is reporting that NASA has found a piece of the Shuttle Columbia's left wing, which has played so prominently in recent theories about the shuttle's destruction. A report (not available) on Yahoo states that this part contains about two feet of the carbon-fiber wingtip plus another foot …

India has renamed the Metsat-1 satellite and all new satellites in the series to Kalpana-1 and so forth. According to a news release from the Indian Space Research Organisation, the Prime Minister of India announced this at a memorial service yesterday. The first Metsat satellite (Metsat-1) was launched in September …

Thanks to Amanda for passing along the URL to this site that keeps a very thorough FAQ about the Columbia disaster.

After the tragedy involving the Space Shuttle Columbia on Saturday, NASA has begun an investigation into the incident. As a sign of the times, they are taking advantage of the internet and digital photography, audio and video to quickly accept evidence from the public. On their Shuttle Columbia page there …

At this point, doubtless everyone has heard about contact with the Space Shuttle being lost this morning about 8am CST. The presumption is that the Shuttle broke up on reentry and that all hands were lost. Personally, I have very vivid memories of the Challenger accident back in 1986. I …