How To Experience ‘Zero Gravity’ Without Leaving Home: Virtual Reality
If you don't have a few thousand dollars to spend on a "Vomit Comet" ride, and especially if you can't…
Morning Star, We Hardly Knew Ya: Venus Express’ Best Discoveries In 8 Years
Venus Express is mostly dead. The spacecraft spent more than eight years faithfully relaying information from the Morning Star/Evening Star…
Gallery: Saturn Moons Show How Not To Be Seen In Cassini Images
Peekaboo! Tethys makes a (mostly in vain) attempt to hide behind Rhea in this picture taken by the Cassini spacecraft…
Astro-Challenge: Taming the Pup-Can You Glimpse Sirius B?
Astronomy is all about thinking big, both in time and space. The Earth turns on its axis, the Moon passes…
Astrophotos: Views of the Geminid Meteor Shower from Around the World
It's nice to know that not everyone around the world was plagued by clouds, dense fog, driving rain and snowstorms…
How Many Horses Can A Rocket Carry? Cool Comic Comparison
The challenge with thinking about space is putting it into terms that we can understand. How far is a light-year?…
Carnival of Space #384
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Gadi Eidelheit at his The Venus Transit blog. Click here to read…
What’s Next for the Large Hadron Collider?
The world’s most powerful particle collider is waking up from a well-earned rest. After roughly two years of heavy maintenance,…
Venus Express Out Of Gas; Mission Concludes, Spacecraft On Death Watch
After surviving an eight-year mission and a daring plunge into part of the atmosphere of Venus, a plucky spacecraft orbiting…
A Stunning Look at the Cliffs of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Images from space don't get more dramatic than this. Image processing wizard Stuart Atkinson zoomed in on one of the…