Into Oblivion: What If the Earth Had No Moon?
AVAST gentle reader: mild SPOILER(S) and graphic depictions of shattered satellites ahead! We recently had a chance to catch Oblivion,…
Virgin Galactic: We Don’t Anticipate Motion Sickness
When the spaceship Enterprise -- Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, not the Star Trek spacecraft -- fired its rocket engines for the…
Anarchic Star Formation Found In Dust Cloud
If you think that breaking all the rules is cool, then you'll appreciate one of the latest observations submitted by…
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Mars Armada Resumes Contact with NASA – Ready to Rock ‘n Roll n’ Drill
Curiosity accomplished historic 1st drilling into Martian rock at John Klein outcrop on Feb 8, 2013 (Sol 182), shown in…
Stunning New Photo from the Space Station: The Moon Ushers in Dawn
During his evening ritual of sharing images taken from the International Space Station, Commander Chris Hadfield posted this gem: a…
Night Sky Observing for May Brings Spring Constellations
Here's the latest update on what's up in the night sky from Jane Houston Jones at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.…
Watch Live Hangout: TESS and the Search for Exoplanets
Last month, NASA announced plans to launch the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) in 2017. This is a satellite that…
Will Antimatter Obey Gravity’s Pull?
What goes up must always come down, right? Well, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) wants to test if that…
The Curious Channel 37 — Must-see TV For Radio Astronomy
Thanks to Channel 37, radio astronomers keep tabs on everything from the Sun to pulsars to the lonely spaces between…
The Sun Burps Out a Gigantic Rolling Wave
Just in time for May Day, the Sun blasted out a coronal mass ejection (CME) from just around the limb…