space
How Many Ways Can the Sun Kill You?
The Sun has a Swiss army knife of ways it can do you in, from radiation to solar flares. And…
What Does a Supernova Sounds Like?
We've all been ruined by science fiction, with their sound effects in space. But if you could watch a supernova…
Mercury’s Hot Flow Revealed by MESSENGER
Our Sun is constantly sending a hot stream of charged atomic particles out into space in all directions. Pouring out from holes…
New Horizons Wakes Up for the Summer
While many kids in the U.S. are starting their school summer vacations, New Horizons is about to get back to work! Speeding…
Why is the Moon Leaving Us?
Goodbye Moon. Every year, the Moon slips a few centimeters away from us, slowing down our day. Why is the…
Stunning Snapshots from Space Courtesy of Reid Wiseman
On May 28 the crew of Expedition 40/41 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, their Soyuz TMA-13M arriving at the International Space Station…
ESA Marks 50 Years of Cooperative Space Innovation
In 1964 the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO) and the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) were founded, on February 29 and March…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 345: Numbered Places: Launch Complex 39
Almost every historic American launch occurred at one place in Cape Canaveral: Launch Complex 39. Good old LC39 was build…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 341: 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Pamela has a day job, remember? As an astronomer? Recently the 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference occurred in the…
ESA Awakens Rosetta’s Comet Lander
Little Philae is awake! ESA sent a wake-up call to the 100-kg (220-lb) lander riding aboard the Rosetta spacecraft this…