Rocket Frog, Space Bat, and Now… a Launch Armadillo?
At 4:10 a.m. EDT this morning an Atlas V rocket launched from Cape Canaveral carrying the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Extremely…
New Molecules Detected in Io’s Atmosphere
Io – Jupiter’s innermost Galilean moon – is the most geologically active body in the Solar System. With over 400…
And the Winners Are … Amazing ‘Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2013’ Photos Revealed
Feast your eyes!! Every year of the “Astronomy Photographer of the Year” competition provides incredible images of our night sky…
Goodbye Big Bang, Hello Black Hole? A New Theory Of The Universe’s Creation
Could the famed "Big Bang" theory need a revision? A group of theoretical physicists suppose the birth of the universe…
Watch Live: Commercial Antares Rocket Launches to Space Station
UPDATE: Orbital Sciences successfully launched its Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard its Antares rocket at 10:58 a.m. EDT Wednesday from the…
Advanced Satellite Blasts Off from Cape Canaveral: Launch Gallery
Early this morning a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral in a gorgeous pre-dawn launch,…
Tonight’s Harvest Moon Is For The Birds … Really!
Tonight's the Harvest Moon, the full Moon closest to the fall equinox. A perfect time to catch a big orange…
Proof! – Frogs Jump at Chance to Board Rockets to Space from NASA Wallops during Antares booster Rollout
WALLOPS ISLAND, VA – Have you seen the NASA frog? The one that became famous worldwide last week following the…
Win a Copy of Homer Hickam’s “Crescent”
Homer Hickam's latest series of books depicts life on the Moon in the next century. But it's not a utopia.…
Book Review: ‘Crescent’ By Homer Hickam
You probably know Homer Hickam from his book “Rocket Boys” and the movie, “October Sky.” But Hickam’s repertoire of 15-plus…