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Researchers Pinpoint Exactly Where On The Red Planet Martian Meteorites Came...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - About 5 million years ago, an asteroid or comet slammed into Mars so hard that rocks and other debris launched into space.After traveling millions of years, some...
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Astronomers Photograph A Shattering Asteroid For The First Time
In a cosmic first, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the disintegration of an asteroid in deep space.Astronomers have seen comets break apart as they near the sun, but they'd never...
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In Honor Of FOX's New Cosmos Here Are Our Favorite Clips From The Original
In honor of the premier of Fox's new Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey series, this Sunday March 9, at 9:00 PM EDT, we've put together our favorite clips from the original series, hosted by the amazing Carl...
View ArticleHere's The Trailer For The New 'Cosmos' Series That Debuts Tomorrow
"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" debuts Sunday, March 9 at 9 p.m. EDT on Fox.The 13-part documentary series, hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is a revival of Carl Sagan's PBS program "Cosmos:...
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String Theory Genius Explains The Coming Breakthroughs That Will Change Life...
String field theory co-founder Michio Kaku did not even try to explain his controversial yet undeniably brilliant cosmological theory of everything during his interview on Reddit, beyond this...
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Get Excited For The Cosmos Premier With These Incredible Images Of The Universe
The Hubble Telescope was launched 23 years ago today on April 24, 1990, earning its place as NASA's longest-running space mission.Since then, the school-bus sized telescope has been zooming around...
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Here's The Mind-Blowing Cosmic Calendar From The 'Cosmos' Premiere
In Sunday's premiere of Cosmos, Neil deGrasse Tyson spent a good third of the show describing the sheer immensity of time on the cosmic scale. Our universe was born 13.8 billion years ago. If we...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Describes His Life-Changing First Encounter With Carl Sagan
Sunday night's Cosmos premier ended with a touching personal story from Neil deGrasse Tyson on how he first met astrophysicist and science communicator Carl Sagan.Sagan, who died in 1996, was an...
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Australian Scientists Want To Use Lasers To Blow Up Pieces Of Space Junk
SYDNEY (Reuters) - It may sound like science fiction but an Australian team is working on a project to zap orbital debris with lasers from Earth to reduce the growing amount of space junk that...
View ArticleHere Are All The Awful Things That Happen To Your Body In Space
Please enable Javascript to watch this video After listening to him point out the various flaws in "Gravity," we asked famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson for survival tips on being lost in...
View ArticleThere Was One Big Problem With Sunday's 'Cosmos' Episode
Last night's "Cosmos" premiere was mostly well-received with the exception of one glaring issue: The history of Giordano Bruno.Giordano Bruno was portrayed in the show as the first man to think of the...
View ArticleThis Head-Spinning Video Zooms Through A 3D Simulation Of The Universe
Astronomers from Durham University in England have created a three-dimensional fly-through of the universe, using the Galaxy And Mass Assembly galaxy catalogue.The galaxy images have been blown-up so...
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This Starkly Beautiful Picture Shows Springtime On Mars
Sand dunes emerge from a winter coat of carbon dioxide frost on a spring day in northern Mars, in a photo taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in January.The south-facing slopes are dark where the...
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7 Huge Questions About The Universe That No One Has Answered Yet
In recent days I’ve had some interesting conversations.There’s a giddiness going around, related to an outpouring of science love — the kind you get from President Obama introducing TV science shows,...
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Astrophysicists Plan To Announce A Major Discovery Tomorrow
Scientists will announce a "major discovery" on Monday, March 17, at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, according to a news release from the institution.The big news will be delivered at...
View ArticleHere's What Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks About The Future Of Space Travel
Please enable Javascript to watch this video When asked for his thoughts on the future of travel and transportation, Neil deGrasse Tyson seemed a bit down on the matter."I remain skeptical on the...
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield Explains How To Conquer Your Worst Fears
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield — gave a mind-blowing talk tonight in Vancouver at TED 2014. The video isn't live yet, but we watched on a live stream.He started the talk by asking:...
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield Describes Being Blinded During A Space Walk
What would you do if you were floating in space, blind? Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield — who recently served as commander of the International Space Station — recounted his Gravity-like...
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There's A Saying In The Space Business That Will Make You Rethink Risk
"What the scariest thing you've ever done?"That's how retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield opened his TED 2014 talk in Vancouver on Monday evening.Hadfield is an expert when it comes to facing...
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Can You Balance An Egg On Its End On The First Day Of Spring?
Spring begins today, March 20, in the Northern Hemisphere. The rumor that it's possible to stand an egg on its end on the first day of spring, also known as the vernal equinox, is only partly true. It...
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