Video: Kennedy Space Center 50th Anniversary
On July 1, 1962, the Launch Operations Center in Florida officially became operational. The name was later changed to John…
First Light Image for NuSTAR
Here is the first image taken by the newest space mission, NuSTAR, or the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, the first…
Galactic Gong – Milky Way Struck and Still Ringing After 100 Million Years
When galaxies collide, stars are thrown from orbits, spiral arms are stretched and twisted, and now scientists say galaxies ring…
Meteorite Crashes Into London Cab
Londoners awoke this morning to news of a meteorite which struck a taxi in the heart of the city's busy…
Robots Tested in Sample Return Challenge
Caption: Participants in NASA's Sample Return Robot Challenge. Credit: NASA Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Andy Tomaswick,…
Mighty Delta 4 Heavy Rocket and Clandestine Satellite Poised at Pad
Image caption: The Delta 4 Heavy rocket and Super secret payload stand poised for launch at 6:13 a.m. EDT on…
China’s Shenzhou-9 and Crew Return to Earth
China's Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and its three-member crew has returned to Earth with a jarring, rolling ground landing in Inner Mongolia…
Titan’s Tides Suggest a Subsurface Sea
Saturn's hazy Titan is now on the short list of moons that likely harbor a subsurface ocean of water, based…
Poll: Obama Better Than Romney at Defending Earth from Alien Attack
Not quite sure this is really relevant or at all scientific, but nearly two in three Americans think President Barack…
ERGO – Students Sign up to Build the World’s Largest Telescope!
Inspired by SETI Chief, Jill Tarter's 2009 TED 'Prize Wish' to "Empower Earthlings everywhere to become active participants in the…