Ian O'Neill
Project Lucifer: Will Cassini Turn Saturn into a Second Sun? (Part 2)
[/caption] The story: The Lucifer Project is allegedly the biggest conspiracy theory NASA could possibly be involved in. First, back…
US Signs International Deal to Collaborate on Lunar Missions
[/caption] NASA has signed a landmark agreement to collaborate with emerging space-faring nations for the exploration of the Moon. This…
Friday’s Total Solar Eclipse can be Watched on the Internet
[/caption] If you've ever wanted to see a solar eclipse, this might be the time to do it. It is…
Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo Sees Sunlight for the First Time (Gallery)
[/caption] Early this morning in the Californian Mojave Desert, Richard Branson and Burt Rutan unveiled the completed Virgin Galactic Mothership…
By 2020, Droids Could Explore Space For Us
[/caption] All the best sci-fi films have them, and they may become our future automated space explorers. Currently, one of…
Bad Idea: Blowing Up Asteroids with Nuclear Missiles
[/caption] The first thing that comes to mind when someone asks: "How do we deflect a near Earth asteroid?" is…
IBEX Mission Will View the Final Frontier of the Solar System
[/caption] Space is far from empty. The Solar System can be viewed as a "bubble" of solar matter - filled…
If Life Exists on Venus, Could it be Blown to Earth?
[/caption] We've heard about the possibility of extraterrestrial life arriving on Earth from another planet, asteroid or comet, but the…
Astronomers Discover a Supernova/Gamma Ray Burst Hybrid
[/caption] Just when we thought we were beginning to understand what supernovae and gamma ray bursts were all about. Astronomers…
Project Lucifer: Will Cassini Turn Saturn into a Second Sun? (Part 1)
[/caption] The story: On October 15th 1997, the Cassini-Huygens mission blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to explore…