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Neptune’s Moon Triton

The planets of the outer Solar System are known for being strange, as are their many moons. This is especially…

9 years ago

New Horizons Mission to Pluto

Humans have been sending spacecraft to other planets, as well as asteroid and comets, for decades. But rarely have any…

9 years ago

25 Years Since Voyager’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Images

A quarter of a century has passed since NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft snapped the iconic image of Earth known as…

9 years ago

What Does a Supernova Sounds Like?

We've all been ruined by science fiction, with their sound effects in space. But if you could watch a supernova…

10 years ago

Stunning Amateur Timelapse of Jupiter ‘Re-enacts’ Voyager Flyby

Back in the 1970's when NASA launched the two Voyager spacecraft to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, I remember being…

10 years ago

How Would Earth Send Messages To A Starship — Or A Distant Civilization?

I have a new exercise routine where I watch Star Trek: The Next Generation most mornings of the week while doing…

10 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – September 13, 2013: Voyager is Out, LADEE Launches (a Frog), Asteroid 324 Bamberga

Once again, we have gathered together the forces of space journalism to report on the big news stories of the…

11 years ago

10 Historic Moments in Voyager’s Journey to Interstellar Space

Yesterday, NASA announced that as of August 2012, Voyager 1 is in a new frontier to humanity: interstellar space. Our…

11 years ago

Astro Poetry: The First Starship

Our favorite astro-poet, Stuart Atkinson, has written a wonderful ode to Voyager 1 in commemoration of the spacecraft reaching interstellar…

11 years ago

Messages To Voyager: Welcome to Interstellar Space

On the Voyager spacecraft are the famous Voyager Golden Records, which send messages from planet Earth to ... whatever or…

11 years ago