History
Viking: Remembering Humanity’s First Successful Mission On Mars Surface
We toast the 40th anniversary of the dual Viking missions to Mars this week. Time to celebrate an achievement that…
Mysterious Greek Device Found To Be Astronomical Computer
A decade of high-tech scanning has confirmed that the Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient astronomical computer.
Tutankhamun’s Meteorite Blade
The Egyptian boy-king's blade was made 600 years before Egypt had iron-smelting technology.
This Friday: The Moon Meets Mercury in the Dawn Sky
Watch that Moon this weekend, as it crosses the dawn sky, meets up with Mercury, and ushers in Ramadan 2016.
A May Full ‘Blue Moon’ on Tap For This Weekend?
Why this weekend's Full Moon is considered 'blue'... but not in the usual sense.
An Old Glass Plate Hints at a Potential New Exoplanet Discovery
How astronomers found an potentially new and exciting exoplanetary system lurking on a glass plate stored away for nearly a…
April 12, 1961: The First Human in Space
On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space.
Teasing the Galactic Ghoul, Past and Present
The close call experienced by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is only one of the most recent brushes with catastrophe…
90 Years Ago Goddard’s Liquid-Fuelled Rocket Launched Spaceflight
90 years ago, on March 16, 1926, Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fuelled rocket, laying the groundwork for future space…
The Future of Gravitational Wave Astronomy: Pulsar Webs, Space Interferometers and Everything
Now that Advanced LIGO has made the first direct detection of gravitational waves, what does the future of gravitational wave…