Alan Brown, writer and blogger for The Kavli Foundation, contributed this article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights . What kind of universe do we live in? Dutch physicist Ronald Hanson has given us the best answer to that question yet — and Albert Einstein wouldn’t like it. The question revolves around a phenomenon called […]
Astro-math expert Ed Belbruno and fellow artists Bob Vanderbei and Rob Mars discuss the roots of the “aha moment” with Space.com’s Josh Chamot. Filmed before a live audience at Hamilton’s Luncheonette in NYC’s West Village. See Ed Belbruno’s art here: http://store.space.com/ed-belbruno-ar… Business Management: Aggie Sung, BelbrunoArt Public Outreach: Michelle Miller, Brown University Art Handling: MacLean […]
Artist’s concept of a lunar base and associated moon activities, depicting a still-sketchy view of how best to utilize the moon as a destination of human permanence.Credit: NASA/Dennis Davidson Leroy Chiao is a former NASA astronaut and ISS commander. He served as a member of the 2009 Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee, and […]
A golden-green Aurora shines over Moraine Lake in this skywatcher image. Astrophotographer Deepanshu Arora took this image from Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. The image also shows the glittering Milky Way above the mountains. “When I was up at Moraine Lake, shooting pictures of our galaxy, I noticed that the snow on the Ten […]
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The electric blue strip around the small isles in this image shows bioluminescence under the dazzling Milky Way in Maine. Astrophotographer Adam Woodworth took this image at the cliffs of Acadia National Park in Maine on August 17th, 2015.Credit: Adam Woodworth | Adam Woodworth Photography The electric blue light around the edges of the small […]
Many lunar impact basins are visible in this moon photo, which was snapped in May 2013 by astrophotographer Anthony Lopez in the Mexican city of Juarez, near the Texas border.Credit: Anthony Lopez Newfound lunar craters suggest that asteroids that smashed into the moon long ago were very different from the ones that now occupy the […]
Bill Nye “The Science Guy,” dances at the 35-year anniversary of The Planetary Society, a nonprofit space exploration advocacy organization, of which Nye is CEO. CreditCredit: Olivia Hemaratanatorn Led by Bill Nye “The Science Guy,” with help from astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, space exploration advocacy organization The Planetary Society recently celebrated its 35th anniversary and […]
Venus, sometimes known as the “morning star” when it rises early in the morning, will be visible in the predawn sky in November.Credit: NASA/JPL Say farewell to the ringed beauty Saturn: In November, it drops into the sunset fires, until it is out of sight. In fact, not a single bright planet is evident in […]
NASA is developing and demonstrating technologies to service and repair satellites in distant orbits. This photo looks closely at one of the tools that could be used for satellite servicing in the future: the Visual Inspection Poseable Invertebrate Robot (VIPIR), a robotic, articulating borescope equipped with a second motorized, zoom-lens camera. To source
NASA is developing and demonstrating technologies to service and repair satellites in distant orbits. This photo looks closely at one of the tools that could be used for satellite servicing in the future: the Visual Inspection Poseable Invertebrate Robot (VIPIR), a robotic, articulating borescope equipped with a second motorized, zoom-lens camera. To source
ESA’s Sentinel-3 Project Manager Bruno Berruti and Thales Alenia’s Project Manager Yvan Baillion join the show to tell us more about the Sentinel-3A satellite and its mission To source
LEGO will not be producing Christoph Ruge’s International Space Station model, which recreated the orbiting outpost using the toy company’s iconic plastic bricksCredit: LEGO Ideas LEGO will not be launching a model of the International Space Station, passing on the orbiting outpost during its most-recent review of fan-suggested and supported projects. The company announced its […]