Scientists Now Suspect More Sea Level Rise from Greenland’s Glaciers
Greenland's glaciers may contribute more to future sea level rise than once thought, despite earlier reports that their steady seaward…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 346: Area 51
Who knows what mysteries lurk at the military's Area 51 complex in Nevada? Conspiracy theorists and UFO chasers think it's…
Dramatic Timelapse Shows Develpment of Supercell “Mothership” Storm Cloud in Wyoming
Yikes! The Mothership has returned to Wyoming a la "Close Encounters of the Third Kind!" Yesterday a gigantic storm cloud…
Carnival of Space #354
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Can You Say Camelopardalids? Observing, Weather Prospects and More for the May 24th Meteor Shower
It could be the best of meteor showers, or it could be the… Well, we’ll delve into the alternatives here…
Saturn Aurora Sparkles In New Hubble Images
It's amazing to see what some flashes of light can tell us. New images the Hubble Space Telescope took of…
If Pigs Could Fly – A Quick Guide to Solar Halos and Other Curiosities
Call it a porcine occultation. It took nearly a year but I finally got help from the ornamental pig in…
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Return of the SpaceX-3 Dragon to Earth Caps Super Science Mission for NASA
SpaceX-3 Dragon commercial cargo freighter was detached from the ISS at 8 AM EDT on May 18, 2014 and released…
UPDATE: NASA Senior Review Declines WISE Spacecraft Data Usage Idea
CORRECTION: This story corrects a previously stated misinterpretation of the NASA Senior Report that the WISE spacecraft itself was denied an…
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Assembling and Launching Boeing’s CST-100 Private Space Taxi – One on One Interview with Chris Ferguson, Last Shuttle Commander; Part 2
Boeing CST-100 manned space capsule in free flight in low Earth orbit will transport astronaut crews to the International Space…