Infographic: The Rosetta Comet-Probing Mission Cost As Much As Four Jetliners
What price do you put on scientific discovery? From the way Twitter lit up last week when the Philae spacecraft…
Comet-Bouncing Philae Spacecraft Caught On Camera In Newly Enhanced Images
When the Philae lander arrived at its target comet last week, the little spacecraft landed three times in two hours…
Alone and Confused, Philae Breaks our Hearts
I was twelve years old when Columbia disintegrated. Space exploration was not even a particular interest of mine at the time,…
Whittling Away At SN1987A
A team of Australian astronomers has been busy utilizing some of the world's leading radio telescopes located in both Australia…
Macro View Makes Dark Matter Look Even Stranger
We know dark matter exists. We know this because without it and dark energy, our Universe would be missing 95.4%…
Philae Idled, Batteries Drained; Needs Luck, Sunshine to Awake
Contact with the Philae lander was lost at 6:36 p.m. (CST) this evening, November 14th, before the normal loss of…
Cool Infographics Explain 8 Key Events on Orion’s EFT-1 Test Flight
After moving out to the launch pad earlier this week, NASA’s first Orion spacecraft was hoisted atop the most powerful…
Aurora on Venus Versus Solar Activity
It’s a major mystery posed by our sister world. Does the atmosphere of Venus possess upper atmospheric phenomena similar to…
Weekly Space Hangout – Nov. 14, 2014: Holy Rosetta! We Landed on a Comet!
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) (more…)
This is How Orion’s Dramatic Flight Test Will Look Next Month
A ride into space, a high-speed re-entry and a safe parachute deployment. That's what NASA is hoping for when the…