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Cygnus Commercial Carrier Hurtling towards Space Station Rendezvous Following Spectacular Antares Blastoff – Photo & Video Gallery
Antares rocket blastoff on Jan. 9 from Launch Pad 0A at NASA Wallops Flight Facility, VA lofting the Cygnus resupply…
What Are Cassini’s Most Interesting Discoveries?
We recently interviewed Dr. Kevin Grazier, on of the scientist who has worked extensively on the Cassini mission. Here's what…
Weekly Space Hangout – January 10, 2014: Wake Up, Rosetta! & Top Stories from AAS
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: David Dickinson, Amy Shira Teitel, Scott Lewis, Brian Koberlein, special guest Ruth McAvinia from the ESA…
SpaceShipTwo Goes Supersonic in Third Rocket-Powered Test Flight
2014 should be the year that Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) brings passengers on suborbital space flights, and the company started…
One Percent Measure of the Universe
When it comes to accuracy, everyone strives for a hundred percent, but measuring cosmic distances leaves a bit more to…
What a Star About to Go Supernova Looks Like
No, this isn't a distant view of the London Eye. This nebula with a giant star at its center is…
New Findings from NuSTAR: A New X-Ray View of the “Hand of God” and More
One star player in this week’s findings out of the 223rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society has been the…
Take a Tour of the Phonebooth-sized Crew Quarters on the International Space Station
Phone booths. You know, those things that Superman used to change into his cape and tights. According to news reports,…
Selling Rocks from Outer Space: an Interview with ‘Meteorite Man’ Geoff Notkin
What's the oldest thing you've ever held in your hand? A piece of petrified wood? A fossilized trilobite? A chunk…