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)…
Our Curiosity: Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Felicia Day Narrate Video About Mars Rover
In honor of the 2nd anniversary of the Curiosity rover reaching Mars, Caltech has put out a wonderful new video…
NASA’S NuSTAR Catches a Black Hole Bending Light, Space, and Time
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has captured a spectacular event: a supermassive black hole’s gravity tugging on nearby X-ray…
Earth Nightlights (and Nightlife!) Shine In Stellar Shots From Space Station
A lot of action happens on Earth at night! Just ask NASA's Reid Wiseman, a prolific picture-tweeter who recently uploaded…
Robin Williams’ Death Prompts Apollo 11 Astronaut To Talk About Depression
The second man to walk on the moon spoke again about his struggles with depression after actor Robin Williams, 63,…
A Spectacular Dawn Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter Set For August 18th
“What are those two bright stars in the morning sky?” About once a year we can be assured that we’ll…
Rosetta’s Comet Already Spewing Dust, One Year Before Getting Close To The Sun
Mark your calendars, astronomy geeks: exactly one year from today, the comet the Rosetta spacecraft is chasing will make its…
NASA’s Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Gas Observatory Captures ‘First Light’ at Head of International ‘A-Train’ of Earth Science Satellites
NASA’s first spacecraft dedicated to studying Earth’s atmospheric climate changing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and its carbon cycle has reached…
Can Radio Waves Lead to Exomoons?
I firmly believe that our next greatest discovery will be detecting an exomoon in orbit around a distant exoplanet. Although…