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NASA Receives Significant Budget Boost for Fiscal Year 2016
NASA has just received a significant boost in the agency’s current budget after both chambers of Congress passed the $1.1…
Earthrise Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
It’s been 47 years since Apollo 8 captured the famous Earthrise photo. Now the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s version is out.…
Moisture Vaporators, Death Star Construction and Other Real Star Wars Tech
Since we all certainly have Star Wars on the brain today (The Force Awakens opens tonight), let’s take a look…
Win a Great Holiday Gift: The ‘Year in Space’ Wall Calendar
What’s the perfect holiday gift for any space fan? It’s the 2016 version of the amazing Year in Space Wall…
First British Astronaut to Visit ISS Blasts Off on Soyuz with Russian/American Crewmates
The first British astronaut to blast off on a journey to the International Space Station (ISS) soared gloriously skyward early…
Black Holes Explained from Birth to Death
We've featured the videos from Kurzgesagt many times before here on Universe Today and they're always wonderful. Sometimes a terrific…
Catch This Season’s ‘Other’ Comet: S2 PanSTARRS
Now is the time to catch binocular Comet C/2014 S2 PanSTARRS, as it tops +8 magnitude ahead of predictions this…
Curiosity Reaches Massive Field of Spectacularly Rippled Active Martian Sand Dunes
After many months of painstaking driving, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has reached the edge of a massive field of spectacular…
How Long is a Day on Mars?
Mars is different from Earth in many ways, being rather cold and inhospitable. But interestingly, a day on Mars is…
Dawn Spacecraft Unraveling Mysteries of Ceres Intriguing Bright Spots as Sublimating Salt Water Residues
With NASA’s Dawn spacecraft set to enter its final and lowest orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres, spectral measurements are…