Stunning Photos Of Comet ISON Are Starting To Roll In
A spectacular set of photos taken by an amateur astrophotographer chronicles the evolution of Comet ISON over the last few months, which has seen the much-hyped icy wanderer brighten so much that it's...
View ArticleSatellite Made By Virginia High School Students Blasts Into Space
The Air Force launched 29 satellites into orbit from a NASA facility in Virginia on Tuesday evening, and one of them is the first to be built entirely by high school students, CNN reports.Students from...
View ArticleLady Gaga Will Become The First Artist To Sing In Space In 2015
No one ever said she was down-to-earth! In early 2015, Lady Gaga will become the first artist to sing in outer space, Us Weekly can exclusively reveal.The "Dope" performer, 27, is set to blast off in a...
View ArticleNuclear Physicist: Cosmic Rays Could Reveal If We're Actually Living In The...
If you believe 'The Matrix' franchise, what we think is our everyday life is in fact a simulation generated by an all-powerful computer.However this idea may not simply be science fiction — "cosmic...
View ArticleHere's A Hypnotizing New Image Of A Mysterious Ancient Star Cluster
The image below is a stunning close-up look of a mysterious spherical cluster of ancient stars known as the Messier 15 cluster. It's located 35,000 light-years away from us, in the Pegasus...
View ArticleScientists Are Closer Than Ever To Solving A 100-Year-Old Mystery About...
Scientists using a telescope buried under the Antarctic ice sheet have found the first sign of high-energy neutrinos that come from outside the solar system. The discovery is a huge step to finding the...
View Article15 Incredible Views Of Cities From Space
In the past, we've posted some incredible views of Earth's most breathtaking natural features from the European Space Agency (ESA), which has been observing the Earth with satellites for decades.It...
View ArticleCOMET ISON: The Most Exciting Thing To Happen On Thanksgiving
Comet ISON is expected to make its closest approach to the sun on Thursday, Nov. 28. This also happens to be Thanksgiving day. On its trip around the sun, ISON will come within 730,000 miles of...
View ArticleHow To See The 'Comet Of The Century' Today
Comet ISON, the so-called "comet of the century," will make its closest approach to the sun today.NASA spacecraft and astronomers are waiting to see if it will survive its perilous trip around the...
View ArticleComet ISON May Have Survived Its Journey Around The Sun!
A portion of Comet ISON may have survived its perilous trip around the sun on Thursday, NASA said on Friday. The comet was not visible during its closest approach to the sun, so many scientists thought...
View ArticleScientists Race To Prove The Existence Of 'Star Trek' Antimatter
Scientists are developing a test for antigravity that could revolutionise the theory of Physics and change the way we understand the universeIt is the stuff of Star Trek and science fiction, a special...
View ArticleChina Launches Its First Rover To The Moon
China's first-ever mission to land a rover on the moon has begun its journey to the lunar frontier.Riding atop a modified Long March 3B rocket, China's Chang'e 3 moon lander and its rover Yutu toward...
View ArticleHere's The Best View Ever Of Saturn's Mysterious 'Hexagon'
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured the highest-resolution view of Saturn's "hexagon"— a wavy jet stream at the planet's north polar region, spanning roughly 20,000 miles across. "The hexagon is...
View ArticleRight Now Is Your Best Chance To Spot A Dazzling Venus During The Day
The timing of two cosmic events will present skywatchers with a great opportunity to see Venus in the daytime sky on Friday, if weather conditions are good. Venus is the third brightest natural object...
View ArticleGet Ready For The Next Space Race, Brought To You By Google
Moon Express, a company competing for a piece of the $30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE, revealed images and blueprints for a lunar probe it plans to launch in 2015 in a steps towards commercializing this...
View ArticleGiant Geysers On Jupiter's Moon Europa Send Water Spewing 20 Times Higher...
Jupiter's icy moon Europa may erupt with fleeting plumes of water more than 20 times the height of Mt. Everest, scientists say.If these giant waterspouts are confirmed, they could be a way to detect...
View ArticleIncredible New Pictures Of Lakes On Saturn's Moon Titan
The Cassini spacecraft has revealed incredible images of lakes and seas made of mostly methane on Saturn's moon Titan, NASA announced at the American Geophysical Union meeting on Dec. 11.Cassini took...
View ArticleThis New Form-Fitting Spacesuit Could Revolutionize How Astronauts Move In Space
Spacesuits are sometimes called the world's smallest spacecraft, but they are anything but small for the astronauts wearing them.MIT Aeronautics researcher Dava Newman has been working for more than a...
View ArticleIran Says It Sent Another Monkey Into Space
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Saturday it has successfully sent a monkey into space for a second time, part of an ambitious program aimed at manned space flight.Iran's state TV said that the launch of...
View ArticleNEIL DEGRASSE TYSON: Here's Our Best Bet For Finding Life in Space
Click for sound.<div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div>When astronomers first went about finding planets outside our solar system, the method they used could...
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