Cloudscape Over the Philippine Sea
Flying over the Philippine Sea, an astronaut looked toward the horizon from the International Space Station and shot this photograph of three-dimensional clouds, the thin blue envelope of the atmosphere, and the blackness of space. The late afternoon sunlight brightens a broad swath of the sea surface on the right side of the image. To […]
Probing Greenland’s ice sheet for future satellites
With a helicopter the sole feature on the vast expanse of ice and her only way back to warmth and safety, polar scientist Anna Hogg must have thought, “What on Earth am I doing out here?” as she set to taking ice samples. To source
Astronaut Peggy Whitson: From Chicken Entrepreneur To Space Station Commander | Video
By Steve Spaleta | November 16, 2016 10:24am ET The NASA astronaut has lived the American Dream, starting back when she was selling chickens to make enough money to pay for a pilot’s license. Now she is set to launch to the International Space Station for her 3rd tour of duty. Whitson explains 5 things […]
Best Night Sky Events of June 2017 (Stargazing Maps)
See what’s up in the night sky for June 2017, including stargazing events and the moon’s phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software. Shown here: At first quarter, the positions of the Earth, sun, and moon cause us to see one-half of the moon illuminated by the sun. The moon’s lit half […]
Supermoon and the Soyuz – Awesome Time-Lapse From Baikonur Cosmodrome | Video
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Cool bit of kit
Technology image of the week: a commercially-available ‘atom interferometer’ using clouds of supercooled atoms to perform precise measurements, on show at ESA’s inaugural Quantum Technology workshop To source
Mercury's 'Great Valley' and Rembrandt Impact Basin Topography Visualized | Video
By Steve Spaleta | November 16, 2016 07:13pm ET The Great Valley is visualized in blue and leads in the the impact basin (purple). A NASA MESSENGER probe image of the region is converted into a digital elevation model. credit : NASA/JHUAPL/Carnegie Institution of Washington/DLR Watch more ► Shows Skylon SABRE – A True Space […]
How to Watch the 2016 Leonid Meteor Shower Live Online Tonight
A fireball spawned by the Leonid meteor shower takes center stage in this NASA handout. You can watch the famous November Leonid meteor shower rain down live, regardless of your area’s viewing conditions, thanks to the Slooh Community Observatory’s online webcast tonight (Nov. 16), which will also feature a discussion of the shower’s history and […]
See a Virtual Milky Way Map from Europe's Gaia Spacecraft
Data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft helped create this virtual map of star density in our Milky Way Galaxy. The European Gaia space observatory is hard at work mapping our Milky Way Galaxy in unprecedented detail. Case in point: this virtual Milky Way map unveiled by Gaia mission scientists at the European Space […]
How Recycled Astronaut Pee Boosts Chances for Future Deep-Space Travel
Engineers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center developed a new a chemical solution called Alternate Urine Pretreatment (AUP) to reclaim a higher percentage of water from astronauts’ urine. NASA’s updated urine-reclaiming system is recycling even more water on the International Space Station, paving the way for long-duration space travel such as the journey to Mars. Hauling […]
Space Poop Challenge: NASA Calls for Better Spacesuit Potty Systems
NASA has initiated a “Space Poop Challenge,” and is calling on innovators to come up with new designs for a spacesuit waste management system. Sometimes the “call of nature” is really urgent – and if you’re in a spacesuit, you can’t easily rush to the bathroom. That’s why NASA has created the “Space Poop Challenge […]
The Best Gift Ideas in the Universe
By SPACE.com Staff | January 31, 2017 11:45am ET Space.com’s Holiday Gift Picks You’ll notice a particular emphasis to the first half of our holiday gift picks. In honor of the beloved TV series’ 50th anniversary, here’s Space.com’s top “Star Trek” gift picks. Whether you’re a hardcore fan or a general space buff, it’s illogical […]
'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets' – Graphic Novel Series Comes To Big Screen | Trailer
By Steve Spaleta | November 15, 2016 12:49pm ET The sci-fi series comes to life through the lens of director Luc Besson (Fifth Element, Lucy). It hits theaters in July 2017. [Read More] credit : EuropaCorp Watch more ► Shows Skylon SABRE – A True Space Plane | Video Sh… CosMix: The Universe Is Alive With […]