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Retired Astronaut: Humans Will Live On The Moon Within 40 Years
Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield has predicted that humans will have a colony on the moon within the next 30 to 40 years and establish a base on Mars within the next 70, Sarah Knapton from The...
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Astronauts Are Going To Use Homemade Snorkels To Keep From Drowning In Space
Two American astronauts, Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins, are preparing for up to three urgent spacewalks to fix a broken cooling line on the International Space Station.The objective is to replace a...
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We Can Only See A Fraction Of Light From The Sun — Here's The Amazing Full...
A beautiful video of the sun, based on data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, shows a wide range of wavelengths that are invisible to naked eye but can be seen by telescopes. Each wavelength of...
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4 Scientific Achievements Everyone Will Be Talking About In 2014
It's that time of the year. In addition to listing the biggest science breakthroughs of 2013, the editors of the journal Science have named their "areas to watch in 2014."Here are their four...
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This Iconic Photo Of Earth Rising Over The Moon Almost Didn't Happen
On Dec. 24, 1968 — 45 years ago this Christmas eve — Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders became the first humans to leave Earth's orbit and circle the moon.The mission was...
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Curiosity's Wheels Look Like They Are Falling Apart
The Curiosity rover has only driven about three miles after more than a year on Mars, but her thin aluminum wheels already appear to be feeling the pain.After completing a software upgrade on the...
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NASA's Newest Robot Doesn't Need Wheels To Get Around
NASA is working on new, collapsible robot that doesn't need wheels to get around. The Super Ball Bot rolls around on a series of rods connected by flexible cables, rather than tires. The space agency...
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NASA Engineer: We Didn't Expect To Face Such Rough Terrain On Mars, And Now...
Slow and steady is the prescribed pace for the Curiosity rover, especially after recent photos showed a growing number of dents, scratches, and punctures on the car-size robot's wheels.The rate of...
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Astronauts And Fighter Pilots Are The True Pioneers Of Wristwatches: A...
The pilot wrist watch is an instrument which has been present in the cockpit since the very beginning of aviation.The evolution of pilot watches shows aviation has always relied on cutting edge...
View ArticleThe Only Thing In The Universe That Baffles Neil deGrasse Tyson
Please enable Javascript to watch this video Neil deGrasse Tyson is a renowned astrophysicist who can explain just about everything related to science and outer space. Well, except for one thing."Dark...
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A Breathtaking View Of Mount Vesuvius As Seen From Space
This satellite image of Mount Vesuvius in Italy won DigitalGlobe's Top Image of Year contest for 2013, receiving the most votes on Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, and Twitter.The voting began in early...
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A 60-Year-Old Ex-Pilot Explains Why He's Ready To Die On Mars
Before the new year, more than 1,000 aspiring astronauts received an email with good news: They had beat out more than 200,000 people who applied for a one-way trip to Mars.The Mars One mission plans...
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You Might Be Able To See The Northern Lights Tonight
Normally the Aurora borealis can only be seen in parts of northwest Canada and Alaska, but the giant solar flare that erupted on Tuesday could bring the breathtaking beauty of the northern lights as...
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A Supermassive Black Hole Is About To Collide With A Monster Gas Cloud, And...
Astronomers say that a collision at the Milky Way's core could light up the skies.In the next few months, a gas cloud called G2 is expected to collide with Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole...
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Meet The Meteorite Man Who Sells Ancient Space Rocks
What’s the oldest thing you’ve ever held in your hand? A piece of petrified wood? A fossilized trilobite? A chunk of glacier-carved granite? Those are some pretty old things, sure, but there are even...
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Japanese Scientists Have An Ingenious Plan To Clean Up Space
Japanese space scientists are set to trial a tether they hope will help pull junk out of orbit around Earth, clearing up tonnes of planetary clutter, they said Thursday.Researchers at The Japan...
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A One-Way Trip To Mars Is Destroying This Man's Marriage
Ken Sullivan, a 38-year-old medevac pilot living in Utah, is delighted to have been selected as a finalist for a one-way trip to Mars.The one person who's not so jazzed?Sullivan's wife, Becky, whom the...
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Scientists Are Mystified By A 'Jelly-Doughnut' Rock That Suddenly Appeared...
A rock that suddenly appeared next to the Mars Opportunity rover and resembles the shape and size of a jelly doughnut has completely baffled scientists.The unusual find was announced at a NASA event on...
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Astronomers Capture The First Image Of The Mysterious Web That Connects All...
For the first time, astronomers were able to see a string of hot gas known as a filament that is thought to be part of the mysterious underlying structure that dictates the layout of all the stars and...
View ArticleSee The View From The Moon With This Interactive Panorama From China's Rover
No one has stood on the moon since Neil Armstrong's 1969 trip, but thanks to the China National Space Administration's newly-landed moon rover, it's now possible for everyone to virtually stand on the...
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