Space Exploration
A Comet’s Tale – Rosetta’s Philae, Five Days from Touchdown
In the recently released Rosetta short film called "Ambition", the master begins a story to his apprentice - "Once upon…
Giant Water Bubble Engulfs Video Camera On Space Station, With Hilarious Results
What does the view look like from inside a water bubble? Earlier this year, astronauts on the International Space Station…
Curiosity Rover Sees a Pixel’s-Worth of Comet Siding Spring
When Comet Siding Spring skimmed just 84,500 miles from Mars last month, NASA's Opportunity and Curiosity Rovers - along with several…
How Dust Lightens Up The ‘Dark Side’ Of Rosetta’s Comet
How do you see a side of a comet that is usually shrouded in darkness? For the plucky scientists using…
Mars Habitability? Curiosity Rover Spots Intriguing Mineral On Red Planet
NASA's Curiosity rover has struck hematite -- an iron-oxide mineral often associated with water-soaked environments -- in its first drill…
Building A Space Base, Part 3: Making Remote Robots Smart
We're still a few years away from the cute robots in Moon or Interstellar that help their human explorers. But…
Satellite Debris Forces Space Station To Evade Threat Hours Before Collision Risk
A spacecraft attached to the International Space Station did an "emergency maneuver" to push the complex, which now houses six…
Building A Space Base, Part 2: How Much Money Would It Take?
How much would it cost to establish a space base close to Earth, say on the Moon or an asteroid?…
Comet Landing Countdown: Why ‘Agilkia’ Is The New Name For Philae Touchdown Site
After sifting through 8,000 entries in multiple languages -- even in Esperanto! -- the contest to name Philae's landing site…
Titanic Liquid: Blinding ‘Sunglint’ Shines On Saturn’s Swampy Moon
See that yellow smudge in the image above? That's what the Sun looks like reflecting off the seas of Titan,…