Science

Why Einstein Will Never Be Wrong

One of the benefits of being an astrophysicist is your weekly email from someone who claims to have “proven Einstein…

11 years ago

This Town Celebrates Every New Year with a Falling Meteor

Video from YouTube User Pam Bergmann The popular jazz tune “Stars Fell on Alabama” was inspired in part by the…

11 years ago

A Self-Healing Satellite? Students Seek Your Funds To Launch Prototype

Imagine if your spacecraft was punctured and it could do the repair itself, without the need of you going outside…

11 years ago

NASA’s LADEE Probe Starts Science Study of Thin Lunar Atmosphere and Dusty Mystery

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) has descended to its planned low altitude…

11 years ago

NASA Infographic: 15 Years of the International Space Station

The first International Space Station component, the Russian Zarya module, was launched 15 years ago today, on November 20, 1998.…

11 years ago

From ‘Doggie-Doo’ To Derring-Do: New Canadian Space Head Stresses Innovation In First Public Outing

OTTAWA, CANADA - With a booming voice, Walt Natynczyk -- in his first speech after becoming Canadian Space Agency president…

11 years ago

Skeleton Crew gets LADEE in Orbit, Checked Out and Fires Revolutionary Laser During Gov’t Shutdown

NASA’s new LADEE spacecraft successfully entered lunar orbit, is operating beautifully and has begun shooting its radical laser communications experiment…

11 years ago

NASA Celebrates Return To Work, But Shutdown’s Shadow Could Linger

After 16 days off the job, most employees at NASA returned to work today (Oct. 17). The good news came…

11 years ago