Comet Landing Countdown: Why ‘Agilkia’ Is The New Name For Philae Touchdown Site
After sifting through 8,000 entries in multiple languages -- even in Esperanto! -- the contest to name Philae's landing site…
How an Ancient Angled Impact Created Vesta’s Groovy Belt
When NASA's Dawn spacecraft arrived at Vesta in July 2011, two features immediately jumped out at planetary scientists who had been so…
Antares Explosion Investigation Focuses on First Stage Propulsion Failure
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Investigators probing the Antares launch disaster are focusing on clues pointing to a failure…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 356: Rotational Inertia
An object at rest stays at rest, and object in motion tends to stay in motion. This is inertia, defined…
Incredible Fast-Moving Aurora Captured in Real Time by Thierry Legault
Usually, videos that feature aurora are timelapse videos, in order to show the normally slow movements of the Northern and…
Welcome to Mars! – Hi-SEAS and Mars Society Kick Off New Season of Missions
The Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (aka. Hi-SEAS) - a human spaceflight analog for Mars located on the slopes of…
Carnival of Space #378
The tent is up! This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Amy T. at the Is Universe blog. Click…
How Does a Rocket Work?
Rockets are the perfect way to get around in space. But how do they work? Space travel and rockets, it’s…
Titanic Liquid: Blinding ‘Sunglint’ Shines On Saturn’s Swampy Moon
See that yellow smudge in the image above? That's what the Sun looks like reflecting off the seas of Titan,…
Building A Space Base, Part 1: Why Mine On The Moon Or An Asteroid?
So can we get off of Earth already and start building bases on the Moon or an asteroid? As highlighted…