Bullseye: Amazing SpaceX Images Highlight Perfect Falcon 9 Landing
SpaceX was able to celebrate a successful return to flight this week with a picture-perfect launch of the Falcon 9…
NASA: 2016 Was the Warmest Year on Record… Again!
According to independent analyses by NASA and the NOAA, 2016 was the warmest year on record, making it the 16th…
Adventures With “Copyscope”
Every telescope has a story to tell. We returned back to the U S of A recently, and one of…
Air Force Missile Warning SBIRS GEO 3 Satellite Set for Spectacular Night Liftoff Jan. 19; 1st 2017 Cape Launch-Watch Live
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL - A U.S. Air Force satellite that will provide vital early warnings on incoming…
New NASA-themed TV Pilot by ‘The Martian’ Author Andy Weir
Author Andy Weir, who wrote the bestselling novel “The Martian” on which the successful 2015 movie of the same name…
What Was the Carrington Event?
In 1859, the Sun gave off the most powerful solar flare on record. A blast of radiation and particles so…
Who was Max Planck?
Max Planck was one of the most renowned physicists of his time, and is considered one of the greatest minds…
Some Earth Life is Ready to Live on Mars, Right Now
A new study from a team of researchers from the University of Arkansas shows that certain types of microorganisms could…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 436: Common Misconceptions in Probability
Human beings are bad at many things, but we're particularly terrible at understanding probability in a rational way. We underestimate,…
Last Man on the Moon, Gene Cernan, Has Died
One of Apollo’s finest, astronaut Gene Cernan, has left Earth for the last time. Cernan, the last man to walk…