Zoom! Morpheus Robot Skitters Across Sky Before Touching Down Near Target

11 years ago

And we have a big foom and a big flight! The Morpheus prototype lander, which is intended to see how…

Supermassive Black Hole’s Dizzying Spin Is Half The Speed Of Light

11 years ago

The spin rate of the most distant supermassive black hole has been measured directly, and wow, is it fast. X-ray…

Daylight Saving Time: A Spring Forward or a Step Back?

11 years ago

 The time to change clocks is once again nigh. We’ll put our unabashed bias as a lover of the night…

Astronaut Bill Pogue, Dead At 84, Took Part In Longest Manned Mission Of His Time

11 years ago

As the International Space Station prepares to host its first one-year visit next year, it's worth remembering that NASA didn't…

SOFIA Snapshots: Jupiter And Starbirth Among Achievements For Observatory Facing Sidelines

11 years ago

Just weeks after becoming fully operational, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is facing storage in 2015. The airborne observatory…

BUDGET 2015: Ukraine Crisis Not Disrupting Russian Soyuz Flights, NASA Admin Says

11 years ago

Astronauts are expected to leave the International Space Station on schedule next week, and training continues on the ground, despite…

Watch the Close Pass of NEO Asteroid 2014 DX110 Wednesday Night

11 years ago

BREAKING- No sooner than the cyber-ink was dry on this post than we got notice of another 10-metre NEO asteroid…

How Do You Kill a Black Hole?

11 years ago

Black holes want to absorb all matter and energy in the Universe. It's just a matter of time. So what…