Science
Book Review: Vistas of Many Worlds
While many astronomy books are based around images that show us how the Universe appears to us right now, as…
Dry Ice Drives Dramatic Changes on Mars
Mars may not be tectonically active but that doesn't mean there's nothing happening on the Red Planet's surface. This video…
NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Gets an Art Lesson with Lasers
In the ultimate example of science imitating art, engineers working with NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recently beamed an image of…
The Face of Creation
The latest autotuned installment in John D. Boswell's Symphony of Science series waxes melodic about the particle-smashing science being done…
From Eternity to Here: The Amazing Origin of our Species (in 90 Seconds)
From the initial expansion of the Big Bang to the birth of the Moon, from the timid scampering of the…
CINEMA and the Cube-Shaped Future of Space Science
Caption: Jerry Kim, a former student and systems engineer, holds the CINEMA nanosatellite before it was packaged up and sent…
Fish in Space: Space Station Gets an Aquarium
Caption: The Aquatic Habitat will enable the study of fish aboard the International Space Station. Credit: JAXA. How does microgravity…
Independent Filmmaker Wants to Kickstart America’s Space Program
"If Kennedy said 'we will go to the Moon...some time before the century ends,' what is... what is that? That's…
Case Closed on the Pioneer Anomaly
Caption: An artist's view of a Pioneer spacecraft heading into interstellar space. Both Pioneer 10 and 11 are on trajectories…
Wishing the Zooniverse a Happy 5th Birthday!
Galaxy Zoo was a project set up in July 2007 by astronomers Chris Lintott and Kevin Schawinski asking members of…