Huge Volcano Plume Seen from Space
The Shiveluch volcano as seen by the Aqua satellite on October 6, 2012. Credit: NASA It’s almost like this volcano…
Nearby Exoplanet Could Be Covered With Diamond
Illustration of 55 Cancri e, a super-Earth that's thought to have a thick layer of diamond (Yale News/Haven Giguere) If…
BepiColombo – Mission to Mercury
Caption: BepiColombo’s components separating at Mercury. Image Credit: Astrium BepiColombo, due to launch in 2015, will be only the third…
Record Breaking Freefall Attempt Won’t Be Until October 14
A disappointed Felix Baumgartner exited his capsule on Oct. 9, 2012 after the flight was aborted due to high winds.…
Singer Sarah Brightman Will be Next Space Tourist
Singer Sarah Brightman at a press conference on October 10 to announce her upcoming space flight. Roscosmos and Space Adventures…
Dying Star Blows Surprising Spiral Bubble
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ALMA, astronomers found an unexpected spiral structure surrounding the red giant star R…
Dragon Successfully Captured and Berthed at Space Station
Dragon captured by the ISS's CanadArm2. Via NASA TV. Running ahead of time, the International Space Station Expedition 33 crew…
Book Review: The Half-Life of Facts; why everything we know has an expiration date
Review by Evan Gough Knowledge is changing all the time. New facts replace old facts, more precise measurements supersede previous…
Monster Black Holes Lurk at the Edge of Time
The reddish object in this infrared image is ULASJ1234+0907, located about 11 billion light-years from Earth. The red color comes…
Shiny Object on Mars Update: Likely ‘Benign’ Plastic
Curiosity sol 62 ChemCam image detail. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Image processing courtesy 2di7 & titanio44 on Flickr. Lost earring? Cigarette butt?…