That round mirror in the sky we call the moon got super-sized this past weekend but that doesn't mean the supermoon looked bigger from everywhere! Because on the ISS, the supermoon looked more like a squishy, deflated, pruny moon. Read More >
You are looking at the first private spaceship that will dock with the International Space Station: a SpaceX Dragon on top of a Falcon 9 rocket. It's the beginning of the future of manned space travel, people. Read More >
The European Space Agency's next mission will be known as JUICE -- Jupiter Icy moons Explorer -- an attempt to see what lies on and around the alien worlds of Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Read More >
Featured comment by 21st Century Lurch:
"No problem. I was at work yesterday so rushed the reply a bit. NASA has many good educational pages on their many sites. Just a bit more for you no..." More »
SpaceX has once again been forced to delay the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft. The latest launch date was scheduled for Monday, May 7 from Cape Canaveral in Florida and a new date hasn't been set. Issues with the software responsible for controlling the automated spacecraft have caused several of the past issues and are assumed to be responsible for these latest delays. Read More >
Look at this star turned into a fire dragon by a single point of nothingness with the mass of three million suns—its body twisted and deformed as a black beast 2.7 billion light-years away devours it with infinite hunger. Read More >
Featured comment by midnightz:
"To be honest Kat; I actually think much of the hatred is called for. Jesus goes out of his way to be controversial and to push people to the edge with..." More »
Astronauts not only risk getting blown-up on exiting Earth's atmosphere; risk getting blown-out into the unforgiving vacuum of space, and risk dying in a fiery inferno burning up on re-entry, they also age faster thanks to the lack of gravity. Now researchers have found the enzyme responsible for killing-off their cells including their immune system, which could also be inhibited here on Earth to help slow the aging process. Read More >
Featured comment by freekeys:
""but there’s no reason we can’t prolong our lives like this by many hundreds of years."
Unfortunately evading apoptosis is one of the ways that..." More »
Lawyers always seem to just right around the corner ready to ruin our fun. Just weeks after Cameron and Google et al announced their madcap plan to go into space and mine those asteroids for precious bounty, Planetary Resources looks like it might be bogged down in red tape before it’s even got off the ground. Read More >
Featured comment by Hyperstate:
"No registered vessel should attempt to transverse an asteroid belt without deflectors? If I had a medal, I would award it to thee! Best Red Dwarf refe..." More »
"Supermoon" is the overly dramatic modern way of telling mainstream sky watchers that the moon is at perigree this Saturday, meaning it's nearer and therefore larger in the sky than usual. Read More >
Featured comment by AtomicFire:
"Indeed. I think something orbiting the moon has a perilune and apolune - not entirely sure on the terminology there though.
If you like Kerbal SP,..." More »
It's always the same. Just when I'm thinking that I couldn't be surprised by the Hubble Space Telescope anymore, it captures another image that leaves me in awe. Like this searchlight-like beams in space. It's what I'd imagine the doors to heaven would look like if I believed in such things. Read More >
What you’re looking at here is an illustration showing just how many planets there really are in our humble little bit of the universe, the Milky Way. While we think our 3rd rock from the Sun is unique, actually there are billions of planets, with a minimum of 1,500 of the things within just 50 light-years of Earth alone – one of them must be ET’s home. Read More >
Yesterday, a group of billionaires, scientists and engineers announced what could become the most important enterprise in human history since Columbus sailed West: an asteroid mining company called Planetary Resources. They want to jump start a completely new industry between the Earth and the Moon, one that will add trillions of pounds to the world economy and ensure our prosperity for centuries to come. Read More >
There are certain areas of the International Space Station that most astronauts would rather not visit—like the exterior. But sometimes, somebody has to clamber around out there, looking for hull cracks. That's when the ISS calls on Russia's SAR-400 telepresence assist-droid. Read More >
Featured comment by ilae4e:
""In fact, the SAR-400 could be best described as either a really advanced puppet."
i dont quite think this was finished off... either... wheres th..." More »
What you’re looking at there is NASA’s brand new, cutting-edge, Moffett Field facility in California – it’s NASA’s way of testing-out the tech it needs to build a moonbase, but on planet Earth. Read More >
There are probably more theories floating around to explain the birth, life and death of the universe than for any other scientific concept. Some scientists champion the idea of the Big Bang that created everything around us, others postulate that we live in a steady state universe with no beginning or end. Now, maths has set one thing straight: our universe definitely had a start. Read More >
Featured comment by Glenbot3000:
"Ahaha, no need to apologise. Nothing better than a healthy debate to understand different viewpoints on a topic, and it's good that you're passionate...." More »
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