Commercial Antares Resupply Freighter Thunders Aloft to Space Station from Virginia Packed with Science
Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft blasts off on July 13 2014 from Launch Pad 0A at NASA…
Carnival of Space #362
The tent is up! This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Pamela Hoffman at the Everyday Spacer blog. Click…
Commercial Antares/Cygnus Rocket Loaded with Science for July 13 Virginia Launch – Watch Live
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Following further weather delays this week Orbital Sciences Corp. commercial Antares rocket is at…
Comet Jacques Is Back! Joins Venus and Mercury at Dawn
Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques has returned! Before it disappeared in the solar glow this spring, the comet reached magnitude +6, the naked…
New VLT Observations Clear Up Dusty Mystery
The Universe is overflowing with cosmic dust. Planets form in swirling clouds of dust around a young star; Dust lanes…
Contest: Get Your Video On The International Space Station
If you're starting your career, good with a video and love space, here's your big chance to showcase your work…
Timelapse: Watch the Antares Rocket Go Vertical on the Launch Pad
Now standing at attention, ready for duty! At about 3:30 p.m. on July 10, Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket was raised…
Found! Seven Dwarfs Surround The ‘Pinwheel Galaxy’ Field Of View
Using a unique type of telescope that includes long-range lenses, astronomers at Yale University have found seven dwarf galaxies surrounding…
Water Or Not? Fresh Martian Trenches Primarily Due To Carbon Dioxide Freezes, Study Says
Does liquid water currently flow on the surface of Mars? Fresh-looking trenches on the Red Planet have come under a…
‘Gyrochronology’ Allows Astronomers to Find True Sun-like Stars
There’s no doubt the term “Earth-like” is a bit of a misnomer. It requires only that a planet is both…