Forget Mars, Now You Can Kickstart an Antimatter Propulsion System to Another Star!
Dr, Gerald Jackson and Hbar Technologies LLC are looking to crowdsource the creation of the world's first antimatter engine!
Either Stars are Strange, or There Are 234 Aliens Trying to Contact Us
Astronomers have found 234 stars that are acting suspiciously like signals sent by extra-terrestrials.
Europe’s Orbiter is Safely at Mars, but No Word from the Lander
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Have you ever noticed spacecraft missions have some pretty cool names? How does anyone decide what to call these things?…
Watch Live: ExoMars Arrival and Landing
After a seven month flight, ESA's ExoMars mission arrives at the Red Planet today, October 19. You can watch live…
Latest Results from New Horizons: Clouds on Pluto, Landslides on Charon
By the end of this week, all the data gathered by the New Horizons spacecraft during its July 2015 flyby…
What Is an Earthquake?
Earthquakes are a regular part of our planet's geological activity, with over 3 million happening a year. But to human…
What Are Cosmic Voids?
We talked about the biggest structures in the Universe, but what about the opposite? The biggest empty spaces in the…
Photobomb: The Moon Occults Aldebaran Wednesday
How about that Hunter's Supermoon this past weekend, huh? Follow that Moon, as it's meeting up with the Hyades again…
Antares ‘Return to Flight’ Blastoff Soars to Stellar Success
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - The ‘Return to Flight’ blastoff of Orbital ATK’s upgraded Antares rocket soared to a…