Liftoff! Delta IV Launches Next Generation GPS Satellite
A Delta IV rocket launched from Florida today, sending a next-generation Global Positioning System satellite into orbit. The rocket lifted…
Astrophoto: Stunning Sun Halo Revisited
When we posted an astrophoto earlier this week of a spectacular 22-degree Sun halo seen in Kuala Lumpur, we quickly…
1,000 mph Land Speed Record Car Fires Up Its Engines
Caption: The BloodhoundSSC. Image Credit: Curventa and Siemens. 29 years ago today Richard Noble in Thrust2 broke the land speed…
Watch Live Webcast: What Does Hubble’s Deepest Image of the Universe Reveal?
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope recently released the deepest image of the sky ever obtained which reveals the faintest…
Curiosity’s “Bootprint” on Mars
Looking very similar to the iconic first footprint on the Moon from the Apollo 11 landing, this new raw image…
How Much Would it Cost to Launch Your House into Space?
House in Space, from a NASA Remix Challenge. Credit: Cookieater2009 on Flickr. Some people like an adventure, but don't want…
Hangout with Elon Musk
SpaceX's Elon Musk with the Falcon rocket. Credit: SpaceX You can now tell everyone that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is…
Spitzer Provides Most Precise Measurement Yet of the Universe’s Expansion
This graph illustrates the Cepheid period-luminosity relationship, which scientists use to calculate the size, age and expansion rate of the…
36-Dish Australian Telescope Array Opens for Business
Three of 36 antennas of the ASKAP array. Credit: Alexander Cherney The Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) is now…
What Happens When Supermassive Black Holes Merge?
Frame from a simulation of the merger of two black holes and the resulting emission of gravitational radiation (NASA/C. Henze)…