Cool Photo of Canadarm2 With its Dextre Hand. Oh and the Earth. That’s Nice Too.
Check out this image of the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA) Canadarm2 on the International Space Station. The CSA's Dextre is…
NASA Will Be Building a Quiet, Supersonic Aircraft: the X-59
NASA's X-Plane Program has been around for 70 years. Over the course of those decades, the agency has developed a…
Science Fiction Might Be Right After All. There Might Be Breathable Atmospheres Across the Universe
The last few years has seen an explosion of exoplanet discoveries. Some of those worlds are in what we deem…
Weekly Space Hangout: December 18, 2019 – Anita Gale, Co-founder of the Space Settlement Design Competitions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl_Ki22YHcE Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Pamela Gay (Cosmoquest.org / @StarStryder ) Pam Hoffman (EverydaySpacer.com / @EverydaySpacer) Michael Rodruck (@michaelrodruck) (more…)
Astronomers Map the Surface of a Pulsar
Using NICER data, two teams of researchers were able to map the surface of a pulsar for the first time…
Mars Has Auroras Too, We Just Can’t See Them
Our eyes can't see them, but Martian auroras are there, and more commonplace than we once thought. The Martian auroras…
Carnival of Space #642
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his Next Big Future blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Planetary Mass Objects Discovered in Other Galaxies
A team of researchers at the University of Oklahoma have discovered "planetary mass bodies" outside of the Milky Way. They…
Mars Express Takes Photos of Phobos as it Flies Past
The ESA's Mars Express Orbiter is no stranger to the Martian moon Phobos. The spacecraft was launched in June 2003…
NASA Maps Out the Water On Mars. Some Will Be So Easy to Get, You Could Dig it Out With a Shovel
NASA has created a map showing how water is distributed on Mars. The water is frozen under the surface of…