Weekly Space Hangout – May 5, 2017: Mathew Anderson’s “Our Cosmic Story,” Updated!
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: The WSH again welcomes Mathew Anderson, author of "Our Cosmic Story," to the show.…
The Cetus Constellation
Located along the ecliptic plane is the Cetus constellation, the fourth largest constellation in the sky and one of the…
Titan Ripe For Drone Invasion
Elizabeth Turtle , a researcher at NASA's JHUAPL, reveals the latest details of "the Dragonfly" - a proposal for an…
New Japanese mission will be going to the Moons of Mars
Between proposals for missions to the Moon and Mars in the coming decades, JAXA is proposing a mission to the…
Enjoy The Biggest Infrared Image Ever Taken Of The Small Magellanic Cloud Without All That Pesky Dust In The Way
A new image of the Small Magellanic Cloud reveals its population of stars in stunningly rich detail.
Building Rovers That Can Detect Life and Sequence DNA on Other Worlds
A team from MIT (with support from NASA) is building an instrument that will be able to test for signs…
Why Do Rockets Need Stages? The Quest to Build a Single Stage to Orbit (SSTO)
Science fiction has promised us a rocket that blasts off into space without stages. How close is reality to the…
Comet Halley Plays Bit Part In Weekend Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
Enjoy the wonder of seeing bits of Halley's Comet rain down as the Eta Aquariid meteors Saturday morning.
Where Should We Look For Ancient Civilizations in the Solar System?
While we're searching the Universe for evidence of life, we should consider places in our own Solar System where ancient…
Rise Of The Super Telescopes: The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope
When the WFIRST observatory comes online in the mid 2020s, it will take images 100 times larger than the Hubble.