Comet LINEAR Suddenly Brightens with Outburst: How to See It
It’s swiftly becoming an “all comets, all the time” sort of observing season. The cyber-ink was barely dry on our…
There Are Now Officially Over 1,000 Confirmed Exoplanets!
It was just last week that we reported on the oh-so-close approach to 1,000 confirmed exoplanets discovered thus far, and…
Proposed Balloon Ride Would Let You See The Blackness Of Space
Doesn't that look fun? A startup company is proposing to send customers 19 miles (30 kilometers) into the air via…
Watch All Six Apollo Moon Landings at Once
So often, when we think of all the Apollo missions to the Moon, we recall the videos of the astronauts…
Astrophoto: Hubble in the Bubble
Here's a beautiful look at the Bubble Nebula, taken by astrophotographer Terry Hancock using what's known as the "Hubble Palette,"…
Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, the World’s Most Prolific Time Traveler
Is time travel a fact or is it just science fiction? Thanks to time dilation and Einstein's theory of relativity,…
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Cygnus Commercial Cargo Craft Completes Historic First Flight to Space Station
Commercial space took another major leap forward this morning, Oct 22., when the privately developed Cygnus cargo vehicle undocked from…
A Colorful Art Project You Can Only Do In Space
Wow! That was our reaction to seeing this picture (and others) of a light show aboard the International Space Station.…
Astronomy Cast 318: Escape Velocity
Sometimes you've just got to get away from it all. From your planet, your Solar System and your galaxy. If…
How to See This Season’s “Other” Comet: 2P/Encke
2013 may well go down as “The Year of the Comet.” After over a decade punctuated by only sporadic bright…