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…
Carnival of Space #324
Welcome, come in to the 324th Carnival of Space! The carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers…
Planck Enters Retirement Shortly; This Picture Shows Just Some Of Its Views
With two days left before Planck switches off forever, the European Space Agency re-posted this beautiful image the telescope recently…
Here’s Your Chance To Fund A New Asteroid Search
The crowdfunding campaign is off to a slow start, but the PHASST-1 telescope still has more than a month to…
Virtual Star Party – October 20, 2013: In Space, Nobody can Hear You Waka-Waka-Waka-Waka!
Sunday's Virtual Star Party felt like a reunion, with Mike Phillips, Gary Gonella, and Roy Salisbury supplying images and Scott…
Why is Mars Red?
Another name for Mars is the Red Planet, and if you’ve ever seen it in the sky when the planet…
Skeleton Crew gets LADEE in Orbit, Checked Out and Fires Revolutionary Laser During Gov’t Shutdown
NASA’s new LADEE spacecraft successfully entered lunar orbit, is operating beautifully and has begun shooting its radical laser communications experiment…
Weekly Space Hangout – October 18, 2013: Penny4NASA, SpaceX Plans, ISON Lives!
This week for the Weekly Space Hangout, we were joined by an impressive team of space journalists and special guest…