Alien Megastructures and Dark Matter: How Imagination Fuels Science
Artist’s illustration showing a shattered comet passing in front of a star — perhaps the leading explanation at the moment for the strange dimming observed in the KIC 8462852 system. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Michelle Thaller is an astronomer who studies binary stars and the life cycles of stars, and is deputy director of science communication at NASA. […]
Fuelled for Mars
Space Science Image of the Week: The ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter propellant tanks are filled for the launch in March To source
Large-ish Meteor Hits Earth… But No One Notices
This is the trail of Chelyabinsk asteroid which exploded about 14 miles above ground with a force nearly 30 times more powerful than the Hiroshima atomic bomb in 2013. Credit: Neuromainker via YouTube/Screenshot by Irene Klotz for Discovery News If a space rock hits the atmosphere, and no one is around to hear it, does […]
Ape Escape in Space! Watch Astronaut Scott Kelly's Hilarious Video Hijinks
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly isn’t just flying an epic one-year mission in space. He’s doing it with a sense of humor. Case in point: this hilarious ape escape video shot on the International Space Station. In the video, an astronaut in a gorilla suit chases a crewmate around Benny Hill-style at super fast speed. And […]
#SpaceApe – NASA Hijinks Ensues Aboard Space Station | Video
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Space.com Has a New Logo: Letter from the Editor
Space.com’s new logo. Credit: Space.com Hello space fans! If something seems a little different on Space.com lately, you’re not seeing things. We’ve got a new logo, and we recently tidied up our design a little. It’s part of a broader effort to continually improve the site and amazing stories we bring to you every day. […]
Powerful Laser Could Blast Spacecraft to Mars in 3 Days (Video)
It sounds like science fiction, but it’s eminently possible, researchers say: Robotic spacecraft could get to Mars after a journey of just three days. The key to making this happen is photon propulsion, which would use a powerful laser to accelerate spacecraft to relativistic speeds , said Philip Lubin, a physics professor at the University […]
Stargazer Sees Milky Way and 5 Planets Dance in the Night Sky (Photo)
The Milky Way and five planets in one stunning image took some patience, but paid off handsomely for skywatcher Matt Smith. The image was taken from Carthage, Texas on February 10, 2016. Credit: Matt Smith The Milky Way and five planets in one stunning image took some patience, but paid off handsomely for skywatcher Matt […]
Toy Fair 2016: Star Wars Toys Galore! (Photos)
<div data-cycle-pager-template=”” readability=”34″> ‘Star Wars’ Hot Wheels Credit: Tariq Malik/Space.com It’s a good time to be a “Star Wars” fan. This year at the 2016 New York Toy Fair, there were “Star Wars” toys galore, thanks to the explosion of new movies and shows related to the franchise. Here: From Hot Wheels – All the […]
Retired NASA Astronaut Now World View Chief Pilot | Video
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Astronaut Ron Garan Joins Balloon-Based Space Tourism Company
A company that plans to send paying customers high into the stratosphere beneath a giant balloon has just added another former NASA astronaut to the fold. Arizona-based World View Enterprises, which aims to begin crewed operational flights by the end of 2017, has tapped Ron Garan as its chief pilot , the company announced today (Feb. 23). […]
[Video] Let's SAR Land use and land cover classification (video tutorial)
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30 Years Later: The Legacy of the Mir Space Station
Credit: NASA Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union launched the core module for the space station Mir. Mir was the first modular space station assembled in orbit, finally completed in 1996. The spacecraft tripled its expected five-year lifespan, operating for more than 15 years, and even outlived the U.S.S.R. During its time in orbit, Mir […]