Saturn Disappears Behind the Full Flower Moon May 14 – Watch it Live
Funny thing. Skywatchers are often just as excited to watch a celestial object disappear as we are to see it make an…
Carnival of Space #353
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Gadi Eidelheit at his The Venus Transit blog. Click here to read…
Can Super-Fast Stars Unveil Dark Matter’s Secrets?
Zoom! A star was recently spotted speeding at 1.4 million miles an hour (2.2 million km/hr), which happened to be the closest…
Why Earth’s Spores Could Survive A Trip to Mars
Here's a finding to give planetary protectionists pause: two species of spores mounted on the International Space Station's hull a…
Found! Sun’s ‘Sibling’ Likely Formed From Same Gas Cloud, Astronomers Say
Peer about 110 light-years away from our solar system, and you might catch a glimpse of how our own neighborhood…
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Boeing CST-100 Space Taxi Maiden Test Flight to ISS Expected Early 2017 – One on One Interview with Chris Ferguson, Last Shuttle Commander
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Boeing expects to launch the first unmanned test flight of their commercial CST-100 manned ‘space…
Weekly Space Hangout – May 9, 2014: Virtual Universes & Plants for Mars
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Scott Lewis, Morgan Rehnberg, Casey Dreier (more…)
Observing Alert: See Mercury’s Best Evening Show of the Year
Don't let furtive Mercury slip through your fingers this spring. The next two and a half weeks will be the best…
Planetary Scientist Colin Pillinger Dies
British planetary scientist Colin Pillinger has passed away. Pillinger, age 70, was best known as leading the 2003 attempt to…
Eta Aquarid Meteors Streak By in Stunning Astrophotos
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower has graced the skies this week and while this hasn't been an exceptionally active shower,…