Need A Summer Vacation? Pictures Allow You To Tour The Solar System For Free
Many of us in the northern hemisphere are on summer vacation right now, and others are dreaming of it. While…
Parallel Universes and the Many-Worlds Theory
Are you unique? In your perception of the world, the answer is simple: you are different than every other person…
Funding Friday: How $1 Can Make A Difference For Tanzanian Astronomy
If you have a dollar to spare, why not share it? That's the attitude that Astronomers Without Borders is encouraging…
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Cygnus Commercial Cargo Ship ‘Janice Voss’ Finishes Resupply Mission and Departs Space Station
The Cygnus commercial cargo ship ‘Janice Voss’ built by Orbital Sciences finished it’s month-long resupply mission and bid farewell to…
How A Comet-Chasing Spacecraft ‘Likely’ Brought Interstellar Dust Back To Earth
If the scientists are right, a NASA spacecraft brought stuff from outside the solar system back to Earth. The Stardust…
Gravity Isn’t The Only Thing Holding Asteroids Together: Study
How do asteroids hold their rubble piles together? Previously, scientists said it was a combination of friction and gravity. But…
Diamond Pinpricks: Gorgeous Shot Of Star Group That Once Baffled Astronomers
Is this group of stars belonging to one generation, or more? That's one of the things that was puzzling astronomers…
Rosetta’s Comet, Now in 3-D
You always have a pair of those cardboard red-blue 3-D glasses by your desk, right? Well, grab them and take…
How Can We Clean Up That Space Junk?
We're total litterbugs. Here on Earth, and out in space. What are some strategies that have been developed to clean…
James Webb Space Telescope’s Pathfinder Mirror Backplane Arrives at NASA Goddard for Critical Assembly Testing
The central piece of the “pathfinder” backplane that will hold all the mirrors for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)…