Second Hyperloop Pod Design Competition A Success
The second Hyperloop Pod Design Competition was a success, with teams from all over the world testing their pod car…
Exoplanet-Hunters Detect Two New “Warm Jupiters”
A new study conducted by an international team of astronomers has revealed two new "Warm Jupiter" exoplanets in two distant…
Watch Asteroid 3122 Florence Zip Past Earth This Weekend
Ready to hunt for low-flying space rocks? We've got an interesting pass of a Near Earth Asteroid this upcoming U.S.…
Carnival of Space #524
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Settle the Moon Before Mars, Says Astronaut Chris Hadfield
In a recent interview, former astronaut and science communicator Chris Hadfield advocating settling the Moon before going to Mars.
Messier 55 – the NGC 6809 Globular Star Cluster
Located in the Sagittarius Constellation, roughly 17,600 light-years from Earth, is the globular star cluster known as Messier 55
NASA Says James Webb Telescope will Study Solar System’s “Ocean Worlds”
When it is deployed in 2018, the James Webb Space Telescope will spend some of its time studying the "Ocean…
Cold-War Era Derived ICBM Blasts Military ORS-5 Surveillance and Space Junk Tracking Satellite to Orbit: Gallery
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL — A Cold War-era derived Peacekeeper ICBM missile formerly armed with multiple nuclear warheads…
Is the “Alien Megastructure” around Tabby’s Star Actually a Ringed Gas Giant?
A new study from the University of Antioquia suggests that the mysterious behavior of Tabby's Star could be due to…
Dragonfly Proposed to NASA as Daring New Frontiers Mission to Titan
The John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab recently submitted a proposal to NASA for a robotic mission to Titan known…