Science

Assembling Curiosity’s Rocket to Mars

[/caption] Assembly of the powerful Atlas V booster that will rocket NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory rover to Mars is…

13 years ago

Buried Treasure: Astronomers Find Exoplanets Hidden in Old Hubble Data

[/caption] Over the past 21 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has gathered boatloads of data, with the Hubble archive center…

13 years ago

Martian Atmosphere Supersaturated with Water?

[/caption] Last week, scientists announced findings based on data from the SPICAM spectrometer onboard ESA's Mars Express spacecraft. The findings…

13 years ago

Ed Weiler – NASA Science Leader and Hubble Chief Scientist Retires

[/caption] Ed Weiler, NASA’s Science leader in charge of the robotic missions that continually produce scientific breakthroughs that amaze all…

13 years ago

Citizen Science: Help Find Life on Mars

[/caption] Interested in helping NASA scientists pinpoint where to look for signs of life on Mars? If so, you can…

13 years ago

SGU-24 Starts Soon

Our good friends at the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe are about to punish themselves in a feat of skepticism…

13 years ago

Rheasilvia – Super Mysterious South Pole Basin at Vesta is Named after Romulus and Remus Roman Mother

http://youtu.be/tYiOOScjPFI Video caption: Rheasilvia Impact Basin and Vesta shape model. This false-color shape model video of the giant asteroid Vesta…

13 years ago

Kepler Mission Discovers “Tatooine-like” Planet

[/caption] In a news conference today, Kepler mission scientists announced the first confirmed circumbinary planet ( a planet that orbits…

13 years ago

GRAIL Lunar Blastoff Gallery

[/caption] Check out our gallery of more thrilling launch photos of NASA’s twin GRAIL spacecraft departing Earth on Saturday, Sept.…

13 years ago