Air Force’s Secret X-37B Space Plane Launches on Third Mission
Rising slowly on over 800,000 lbs of thrust, the Atlas V-OTV 3 mission begins. Credit: John O'Connor/nasatech An Atlas V…
Stephen Hawking and CERN LHC Team Each Win $3 Million Prize
Stephen Hawking visited the Large Hadron Collider's underground tunnel at Europe's CERN particle physics research center in 2006. Hawking and…
Herschel Spacecraft Won’t “Bomb” the Moon, But GRAIL Will
Artist concept of Ebb and Flow, the two GRAIL spacecraft in orbit of the Moon. Credit: NASA The Herschel space…
Close Approach Image of Asteroid 2012 XE54
Image of Asteroid 2012 XE54 taken with the the H06 ITelescope network near Mayhill, New Mexico on December 11, 2012,…
Two Asteroids Will Buzz Past Earth on December 11
Four computer generated views of Asteroid Toutatis based on Goldstone radar imagery. Via NASA A newly discovered small asteroid named…
Memorable Space Tweeps of 2012
To space Tweeps, Twitter is so much more than just a news service. It's a community, a spot where everyone…
How to Train for Long-Duration Spaceflight, with Chris Hadfield
Astronaut Chris Hadfield getting dressed for work - "with a little help from my friends," he said. On December 19,…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 279: The Hubble Constant
When Edwin Hubble observed that distant galaxies are speeding away from us in all directions, he discovered the reality that…
Carnival of Space #279
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at Next Big Future. Click here to read Carnival of…
Astronomer Giovanni Sostero, 1964-2012
Giovanni Sostero, 1964-2012. Image courtesy of the Remanzacco Observatory With sadness, we learned of the death of amateur astronomer Giovanni…