Orion Capsule Accelerating to 2014 Launch and Eventual Asteroid Exploration
NASA is picking up the construction pace on the inaugural space-bound Orion crew capsule at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC)…
Mysterious Moon Flashes: Could the Transient Lunar Phenomena be Linked to the Solar Cycle?
A key mystery in observational lunar astronomy may be at least partially resolved. An interesting study appeared recently in the…
This Week in Space Pictures – April 12, 2013
The Week in Space Pictures was something new we launched last week and we're trying to improve on it with…
New Calculations Effectively Rule Out Comet Impacting Mars in 2014
NASA's Near-Earth Object Office says that new observations of comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) have allowed further refinements of the…
Scientist Invents a Time Machine (*Wink*)
An interesting news item from Iran’s Entkhab news agency: Iranian scientist Ali Razeghi – who is also the managing director…
Breathtaking Flyover of Greenland from NASA’s Operation IceBridge
Here's a view you don't often see: Greenland's glaciers from 500 meters above the ice. But this new video from…
What are You Doing for Yuri’s Night?
Yuri’s Night commemorates two space milestones in history that both occurred on April 12: in 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made…
Latest Curiosity Rover Update: Mars’ Bygone Atmosphere
In this latest video update from the Mars Science Laboratory team, Ashwin Vasavada, the mission's Deputy Project Scientist, discusses the…
IAU Issues Response To Uwingu’s Exoplanet Naming Campaign
Given the popularity of the recent contest by Uwingu to suggest names for the closest known exoplanet to Earth (officially…
Spooky Experiment on ISS Could Pioneer New Quantum Communications Network
With its 180 degree views of Earth and space, the ISS's cupola is the perfect place for photography. But Austrian…