Mars Space Colony Rockets Could Be Ready In 10 Years: SpaceX CEO
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is a huge fan of Mars exploration and Mars colonies, and in a new interview he…
Super-Earths Could Be More ‘Superhabitable’ Than Planets Like Ours
Alien planets that are slightly bigger than Earth could be more life-friendly than exoplanets closer to our own size, a new study…
Volunteer Firefighter Readies To Face Space Station’s Biggest Nemesis
Facing a fire in space? It's among the most catastrophic situations possible, according to NASA, so the agency spends a…
Will Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Turn into a Wee Red Dot?
Watch out! One day it may just go away. Jupiter's most celebrated atmospheric beauty mark, the Great Red Spot (GRS),…
Supernova’s Galaxy Full Of Starbursts and ‘Superwind’
Radio light, radio bright: when you look at M82 in this frequency range, a whole lot of activity pops out.…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 332: Stellar Collisions
Out here in the Milky Way’s suburbs, stellar collisions are unheard of. But there are places in the galaxy where…
Watch Venus as it Wanders Through the Dawn in 2014
Are you a chronic early riser? Observational astronomy often means late nights and early mornings as daylight lengths get longer…
Inside the Drake Equation: A Chat with Frank Drake
This interview with Frank Drake -- sometimes called the Father of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence – was recorded in…
Carnival of Space #339
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Gadi Eidelheit at his The Venus Transit blog. Click here to read…
Could We Harvest Energy From a Star?
Our civilization will need more power in the future. Count on it. The ways we use power today: for lighting,…