Watch Online: 2-Mile-Wide Asteroid Sails by Earth on Friday
A massive asteroid nearly 2 miles wide will zip by Earth on May 31, in a cosmic event that has grabbed the attention of stargazers, scientists and even White House officials. The asteroid poses no...
View ArticleNASA Creates Stunning Images of the Nearest Major Galaxies
The astronomers at NASA and Pennsylvania State University have created the most detailed ultraviolet survey of our two closest major galaxies: the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds Astronomers used...
View ArticleAstronaut Shaves His Head in Space
NASA's Chris Cassidy wanted to give fellow astronaut Luca Parmitano a warm welcome to the International Space Station last week, but a bottle of wine or a nice casserole wouldn't cut it. Cassidy...
View ArticleBuzz Aldrin Sings 'She Blinded Me With Science'
Apollo 11 astronaut and author Buzz Aldrin can now add "singer" to his resume. At a Smithsonian Magazine conference this week, Aldrin hopped on stage with Thomas Dolby to belt out "She Blinded Me With...
View ArticleJustin Bieber Is Going to Space
When you're as famous as Justin Bieber, the 19-year-old pop star who this week became the first Twitter user to reach 40 million followers, you can spend money extravagantly His lastest purchase? A...
View ArticleCuriosity Rover's Next Mars Adventure: Mount Sharp
NASA's Curiosity rover is about to enter a new phase of her life on Mars. After spending six months parked in the same area, the rover will soon embark on the 5-mile journey to Mount Sharp Since...
View ArticleMysterious Lines on Mars Are Result of Dry Ice
Images of lines drawn in the sand of Martian dunes have puzzled scientists for years. As it turns out, those linear shapes are the result of dry ice gliding down the slopes. The mile-long troughs on...
View ArticleNASA Rover Opportunity Makes Big Discovery, Keeps on Truckin'
NASA's 9-year-old Mars rover Opportunity is on the move again after making a momentous discovery on the Red Planet and defying the limitations of Father Time. Opportunity — which is nearing its 10th...
View Article10 Badass Quotes From Sally Ride
Sally Ride never intended to be a hero. In fact, she was a shy girl who never raised her hand in class, loved to play tennis and read Scientific American religiously. When she responded to a NASA ad...
View ArticleSpace Selfies Are Go! Interactive Orbital Camera Gets Funding
Instagram with video? That's old news. How about taking a picture of yourself in orbit, with the entire Earth as your backdrop? That will be possible in the next few years, now that the Arkyd Space...
View ArticleA Chance to See Saturn, For the First Time in 7 Years
In July, you will have the photo opp of a lifetime According to the Cassini Solstice Mission website, the sun will backlight Saturn on July 19, allowing you to clearly see the planet's rings,...
View ArticlePayPal Galactic: For All Your Future Space Purchases
Soon you won’t need to be an astronaut to take a trip into space — but you'll still need a way to pay for things. The first Virgin Galactic consumer space flight is set to blast off this Christmas,...
View ArticleHere's How to Wash Your Hair in Space
Life in space is not at all like it is here on terra firma. Case in point: how do you wash your hair in space? That's demonstrated here in the microgravity of the International Space Station by...
View ArticleCan We Put a National Park on the Moon?
Two House Democrats pitched legislation this week that would establish a national park on the moon Reps. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) proposed creating the Apollo Lunar...
View ArticleCoffee Drinkers Get Passionate, and Other Top Comments
If there's one thing you don't mess with, it's people's coffee. As this controversial infographic proved, trying to simplify coffee drinkers' personalities is as complicated as their drink orders....
View ArticleWhat Is an Exoplanet?
Sixty three light-years away in a constellation called Vulpecula lies a planet called HD 189733b. While its name may sound unremarkable, astronomers proved this week that HD 189733b is, indeed,...
View ArticleNew Neptune Moon Discovered
The Hubble Space Telescope spied a new moon circling Neptune, making it the planet's 14th known moon, NASA announced Monday At just 12 miles wide, Neptune's newest moon — dubbed S/2004 N 1 — is also...
View ArticleNASA 3D-Printed Part of a Rocket Engine
NASA is dipping its toes in the 3D-printing revolution pool, and it doesn't care who knows. Instead of using traditional assembly processes, the agency has used additive manufacturing to construct a...
View ArticleWave at Saturn as NASA Snaps Photo of Earth Today
Set your alarm for Friday afternoon to look up at the sky and wave as NASA's Cassini spacecraft snaps photos of the Earth from Saturn. Currently orbiting Saturn nearly 900 million miles away from...
View ArticleJeff Bezos Confirms Discovery of Lost Apollo 11 Engines
Along with a team of explorers, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos plunged to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean a few months ago to resurrect what he suspected were Apollo 11's lost F-1 engines Problem...
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