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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

ThinkGeek’s new “Star Trek” clothing collection, made by the fashion company Her Universe, debuted Nov. 15, 2016. Ready to beam up a new wardrobe? A new set of “Star Trek” fashions debuted today (Nov. 15) on nerd gear website ThinkGeek, courtesy of a collaboration with “fangirl” fashion company Her Universe. From uniform-inspired dresses to blouses […]

Project Blue, an ambitious initiative to directly image planets around the double suns of Alpha Centauri, has started crowdfunding for its space telescope. The initiative would launch a small space telescope designed specifically to look at Alpha Centauri, which, along with Proxima Centauri, is the nearest stellar neighbor to Earth’s solar system. Because of the […]

Astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins have penned letters to Congress calling for the passage of the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act. Legislation calling for the U.S. Mint to issue coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing has gained the support of the surviving astronauts who flew on the historic […]

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