'Star Wars and the Power of Costume' Exhibition: Gallery
PREVIOUS | NEXT 1 of 25 ‘Star Wars and the Power of Costume’ Exhibition Credit: Jeremy Lips/Space.com A new museum exhibit opening this weekend in New York City features dozens of real costumes from the seven “Star Wars” movies. The exhibit, titled “Rebel,…Read More » Jedi, Princess, Queen: Star Wars and the Power of Costume,” […]
Hoax Exposed: No, Earth Will Not Go Dark for 15 Days
No, the Earth is not headed for 15 days of darkness on Nov. 15, 2015. This hoax was spawned by a fake news site. Shown here: the fully lit Earth as seen by NASA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory.Credit: NASA/NOAA Abraham Lincoln did not have social media in his time. If he did, I honestly believe […]
Smithsonian Seeking Space Fans to Retype Apollo Spacecraft Packing Lists
Equipment, including camera lenses, crew toiletries and food, that was packed aboard the Apollo spacecraft was tracked on NASA stowage lists. The Smithsonian is now seeking volunteers to help digitize the lists.Credit: NASA Are you a fan of the Apollo moon landings? Are you curious about all of the different types of items that the […]
Retired NASA Pilot to Join Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame
Robert A. Rivers, formerly a NASA research pilot, is being inducted into the Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame. To source
'WTF' Space Junk Meets Fiery Demise as Scientists Watch (Video)
The mysterious space junk WT1190F fell from the sky this morning, and scientists had a flying, ringside seat as the object burned up in multicolored fireballs. A new video of the falling WT1190F shows the first observations taken by a worldwide collaboration of researchers watching from a Gulfstream 450 business jet as the object returned to […]
JWST's Top Astronomer to Planetary Scientists: Start Your Engines
JWST Program Scientist John Mather speaking at NASA Headquarters event in 2014 in front of an animation of the 6.5-meter infrared telescope.Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky NATIONAL HARBOR , Md. — The James Webb Space Telescope’s Nobel Prize-winning head astronomer advised planetary scientists Nov. 9 to get started on proposals for focusing JWST’s 6.5-meter mirror on objects […]
Earth Stole Water and More from the Young Moon
An artist’s image of a collision between two planetary bodies. A similar crash likely formed the Earth and moon. New research suggests that the Earth took water and other volatiles from the moon after the collision.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Earth may have stolen away water that would otherwise have gone to the moon. New research suggests that […]
Meet LISA Pathfinder
LISA Pathfinder, launching 2 December, will pave the way for future missions by testing the technology for gravitational wave detection To source
Space Junk’s Fiery Re-Entry Captured By Observers | Video
A group of observers with the United Arab Emirates Space Agency, NASA and ESA, snapped imagery of mysterious object tagged WT1190F as it re-entered the atmosphere over the ocean near Sri Lanka on Nov. 13th, 2015. (Read More About It Here) Credit: IAC / UAE Space Agency / NASA / ESA To source
Week In Images
Our week through the lens: 9-13 November 2015 To source
Veiny 'Garden City' Site and Surroundings on Mount Sharp, Mars
This March 27, 2015, view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows a site with a network of prominent mineral veins below a cap rock ridge on lower Mount Sharp. To source
Veiny 'Garden City' Site and Surroundings on Mount Sharp, Mars
This March 27, 2015, view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows a site with a network of prominent mineral veins below a cap rock ridge on lower Mount Sharp. To source
Weird Space Junk Falls to Earth on Friday the 13th: Watch It Online
An unknown space object will crash through Earth’s atmosphere Friday morning (Nov. 13) — and a Slooh webcast will show the first observations live after the object re-enters off the coast of Sri Lanka. The bizarre object WT1190F has been orbiting Earth for years on an elliptical path and is likely a piece of a […]