Supermodel Karlie Kloss Visits SpaceX Rocket Factory (Video)
SpaceX opened its doors recently for a supermodel photo shoot. Model Karlie Kloss got access to the private spaceflight company’s manufacturing facility in Hawthorne, California, in September to take pictures for a profile in the current issue of the Wall Street Journal’s WSJ. Magazine . Kloss posted a video about her SpaceX visit in November. [embedded […]
Digging in on Mars! How Astronauts Will Survive and Thrive on the Red Planet
Artist’s concept: One small step on the Red Planet, with many footfalls to follow.Credit: Bob Sauls/XP4D/M. Wade Holler, director, Digital Content and Media Strategy, Explore Mars Inc. (Used with permission) GOLDEN, Colo. — Establishing a permanent colony on Mars means living off the land. Mars has usable resources such as water ice that could help […]
Europe’s first decade of navigation satellites
Ten years ago today saw the launch of Europe’s very first navigation satellite. A decade of hard work later, more than a third of the Galileo constellation has followed it into orbit and a ground network sharpening the satnav system’s accuracy encompasses the globe. To source
Christmas In Space: Astronauts Beam Holiday Wishes to Earth (Video)
The winter holiday season is well underway, and the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are getting ready to celebrate in zero-gravity. In a video message released on Dec. 18 , Expedition 46 crew members Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra of NASA, and Tim Peake of the European Space Agency, delivered a holiday message from […]
Rocky Planet Found Around Star with Least Metal Yet
Neptune-size planets like this one, drawn orbiting the star Gliese 436, may be able to form around stars that contain far less metal than previously thought.Credit: NASA How low can you go? Astronomers have found a star with an incredibly low concentration of heavy elements that still has a sizable planet around it — the […]
[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] Call for Proposals Asian Try Zero-G, 2016
Call for Proposals Asian Try Zero-G, 2016 Last Updated: December 25, 2015 Kibo-ABC renewed “Try Zero-G for Asian youth” as “Asian Try Zero-G” program and invites your idea of the simple space experiment to be conducted in the International Space Station (ISS)/Kibo. Most updated point is the selection area became to 2 categories such as […]
Blood Moon Over Yellowstone's Old Faithful Wows Photographer
Scattered showers and thunderstorm littered the landscape at Yellowstone National Park, but photographer Jeffrey Berkes captured this stunning moment earlier this year as the moon entered full eclipse right when Old Faithful erupted. “I planned this shot over 1 year ago but did not know if the eruption of old faithful would line up with […]
Rare Christmas Full Moon a Cosmic Gift for the Holidays: What to Expect
The moon shines brightly over a winter wonderland near Stockholm in this image taken by astrophotographer P-M Hedén in December 2012.Credit: P-M Heden/clearskies.se The image of a bright moon coinciding with Christmas Eve can be found in the classic poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” (today more commonly known as “The Night Before Christmas”) first […]
Galaxy Grows Monstrous X-Ray Tail
This image shows X-ray observations from NASA’s Chandra space telescope overlaid atop optical data of the region inside the Zwicky 8338 cluster. The tail and its parent galaxy are annotated.Credit: X-Ray: NASA/CXC/University of Bonn/ G. Schellenberger et al.; Optical: Int In a galactic cluster far, far away, a galaxy has grown an unprecedented tail of […]
Top 5 Space Questions of 2015…with Answers! (Op-Ed)
An artist’s depiction of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, which is shaped like a spiral. Though astronomers suspect there are billions of habitable planets in the Milky Way, even larger nonspiral galaxies may be better cradles for habitable worlds, a new study suggests.Credit: NASA/JPL Paul Sutter is a visiting scholar at The Ohio State […]
Confronting the Multiverse: What 'Infinite Universes' Would Mean
Our universe may be one of many, physicists say.Credit: Shutterstock/Victor Habbick Robert Lawrence Kuhn is the creator, writer and host of “Closer to Truth ,” a public television series and online resource that features the world’s leading thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Kuhn is co-editor, with John Leslie, of “The Mystery of Existence: Why Is […]
The Milky Way, an Island and 'The Little Prince': A Photographer's Tale
An inspiring story prompted this stunning image of the Milky Way over an island in Argentinian Patagonia. The image was taken by astrophotgrapher Sergio Montúfar on Oct. 16 from Península Valdés, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, in Argentinian Patagonia. The island in the image is called “Isla de los Pajaros,” and it’s unique shape inspired a well-loved […]
In Real Universe, Rockers Coheed and Cambria Still Reach for the Stars (Video)
Rock band Coheed an Cambria in front of Orion Capsule training mock-up at NASA’s Johnson Space Center In Houston, Texas – Sept. 17th, 2014Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center Steve Spaleta, Space.com senior producer, contributed this article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights . Rock band Coheed and Cambria has sailed the skies of sci-fi for much […]