Join the 32-Hour Hangout-A-Thon for Space Education and Outreach
In the latest budget proposal for NASA, it appears as though one of NASA’s jewels -- education and pubic outreach…
Astrophotos: The Galactic Desert
The desert provides some of the most stunning landscapes and skycapes, as evidenced by two recent astrophotos from Universe Today…
Details of Yuri Gagarin’s Tragic Death Revealed
On the morning of April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin lifted off aboard Vostok 1 to become the first…
Get Ready for the ATV-4 Docking with this Fun Music Video
Recall how during a space shuttle mission, the astronauts were awoken each day with music radioed up from Mission Control?…
NASA’s Sci-Fi Vision: Robots Could Help Humanity Mine Asteroids
In a few generations of robotics, we'll see mighty machines able to fully construct themselves and operate from the surface…
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Curiosity Gets Set for Epic Drive after Laser Blasting Mars Watery Secrets
Ten months after her breathtaking touchdown on the Red Planet, NASA’s Curiosity rover is nearly set to embark on an…
Closest Star to the Sun
You probably know that the Sun is the closest star to us, but what is the closest star to the…
Navy Researchers Put Dark Lightning to the SWORD
Discovered "by accident" by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in 2010, dark lightning is a surprisingly powerful -- yet invisible…
Should This Alien World Even Exist? This Young Disk Could Challenge Planet-Formation Theories
Take a close look at the blurry image above. See that gap in the cloud? That could be a planet…
The Epitome of Cool: Neil Armstrong and David Scott, 1966
So, you've just endured a harrowing experience where your orbiting spacecraft has gone wildly out of control. You somehow --…