Space Shuttle Retrospective: Launching our Dreams
From the triumphs to tragedies, this 30-minute documentary of the Space Shuttle Program covers its 30 year history, highlighting the…
Milky Way Sparkles In The Eyes Of Gaia
[/caption] Here on Earth we play around with CCD cameras that boast a million pixels. But, can you imagine what…
Where Did Early Cosmic Dust Come From? New Research Says Supernovae
[/caption] From a JPL Press Release: New observations from the infrared Herschel Space Observatory reveal that an exploding star expelled…
Your Flying Car is Here
[/caption] Here’s your flying car. And it’s just gotten approval from the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to hit…
Latest Image from Dawn: View of Vesta Getting Sharper
[/caption] The Dawn spacecraft is getting closer to asteroid/protoplanet Vesta, and the view is getting better! Here’s the latest image,…
A Look Back at the First Ever Space Shuttle Mission
As we await the final launch of a space shuttle, here's a blast from the past: the first ever space…
The Sights And Sounds of Saturn’s Super Storm
[/caption] It's five hundred times bigger than any anything like it observed by the Cassini Mission in the last two…
Landing Site for Next Mars Rover Narrowed to Two
[/caption] Although a rumor came out about a week and a half ago that Gale Crater was the scientists’ preferred…
Apocalyptic Time-Lapse Video of Massive Phoenix Dust Storm
This isn't space and astronomy-related, but this video of the massive dust storm that swept through the Phoenix area yesterday…
Proposed NASA Budget Bill Would Cancel James Webb Space Telescope
[/caption] The US House Commerce, Justice, and Science Subcommittee has proposed a NASA spending bill that would put NASA’s budget…