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Double Shadow Transit Season for the Jovian Moons Begins
Opposition season 2016 for Jupiter kicks off with a great series of double shadow transits of the Galilean Moons.
NASA Thinks There’s a Way to Get to Mars in 3 Days
A new system holds the promise of interstellar travel, asteroid deflection, and even interstellar communication.
ExoMars 2016 Orbiter and Lander Mated for March Launch
Earth’s lone mission to the Red Planet this year has now been assembled into launch configuration and all preparations are…
Does Antarctica Have A Hidden Layer Of Meteorites Below Its Surface?
A team of University of Manchester researchers proposes an intriguing answer to the puzzle of why we've found precious few…
Commercial Cygnus Cargo Freighter Departs ISS After Resuming US Resupply Runs
A commercial Cygnus cargo freighter departed the International Space Station (ISS) this morning (Feb. 19) after successfully resuming America’s train…
Hubble Directly Measures Rotation of Cloudy ‘Super-Jupiter’
Astronomers use the Hubble Space Telescope to pin down the rotation rate of an exoplanet 170 light years from Earth…
Weekly Space Hangout – Feb. 19, 2016: Rebecca Roth
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Rebecca Roth, Imaging Coordinator & Social Media Specialist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center;…
We Have Underestimated Our Sun’s Destructive Reach
The Sun causes the destruction of asteroids at a much greater distance than previously thought.
Space Farmer Scott Kelly Harvests First ‘Space Zinnias’ Grown Aboard Space Station
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Nearing the final days of his history making one-year-long sojourn in orbit, space farming NASA…