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Russia's Mission To Film Geckos Having Sex In Space Ended Tragically
A Russian space experiment to investigate how zero gravity affects the sexual behavior of geckos has ended in tragedy. Five geckos, one male and four female, launched into space in July aboard Russia’s...
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Vladimir Putin: Russia Will Be A 'Leading Space Superpower'
VOSTOCHNY Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered construction sped up on a multi-billion-dollar spaceport in Russia's Far East that he said would break reliance on the Baikonur...
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Look At The Incredible Celestial Phenomenon Called 'Airglow'
On April 27, photographer Jeff Dai captured this stunning image of the skies over Tibet, following some powerful thunderstorms in Bangladesh. The colorful ripples of stars seem to form a luminescent...
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A Stunning New Map Reveals For The First Time Where Our Galaxy Fits Into The...
The Earth is the only world for us — for now at least. But our planet is dwarfed by the stars and galaxies that make up the universe.Even our galaxy is a mere speck in a larger structure, which was...
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American Dependence On Russian Rockets May Finally Be Ending
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government hopes to add funding to its 2016 budget for alternatives to Russian-made rocket engines to launch sensitive satellites, a key Pentagon official said...
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An Asteroid Discovered Just Days Ago Is Zipping By The Earth This Weekend —...
This weekend a new-found asteroid will zip by the Earth, and it will be on the Internet for all to see. Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 RC, nicknamed Pitbull, will be passing right above Earth on Sunday...
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The Super Harvest Moon Is Coming
It's that time of year again! For those in North America, the Harvest Moon will look brightest and fullest at sunset on Monday night, Sept. 8.The Harvest Moon is the name for the full moon that is...
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NASA Satellites Spy Erupting Iceland Volcano From Space
As an island in the moist, atmospherically turbulent North Atlantic, Iceland is often shrouded in cloud cover and hard to observe from space. And lately, the island is making some of its own cloud...
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Experts Don't Think That The Mystery Crater That Appeared In Nicaragua Is...
Nicaraguan officials say a meteorite gouged out a crater near the nation's capital city over the weekend, but scientists aren't so sure.A committee formed by the Nicaraguan government determined that a...
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An 'Extreme' Solar Flare Just Erupted At Earth
An X-Class solar flare — the most dangerous kind — erupted from the sun toward Earth today at 1:46 p.m. EDT from Active Region 2158.It's still unclear whether and to what extent the flare will affect...
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A 20-Year-Old Mystery About The Universe's Brightest Objects Has Been Solved
Quasars are the brightest objects in the universe, and display a mysterious diversity in their appearance that has puzzled astronomers for more than two decades.Now, scientists find this mystery can be...
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The Mars Rover Curiosity Has Finally Arrived At Her Destination
Curiosity has got a new mountain to climb, and will soon have mountains of data to share. The Mars rover has just arrived at the base of Mount Sharp, at the center of Gale Crater, NASA announced...
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Spectacular Auroras Could Be Visible In Parts Of The US This Weekend
The solar flare that erupted on Wednesday will be putting on a spectacular show this weekend, when the second of two coronal mass ejections— charged gases shooting out from the sun — is projected to...
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Elon Musk: SpaceX Wants To Build A City On Mars
With all the excitement surrounding SpaceX, and the success of PayPal and Tesla Motors, one might expect Elon Musk to take SpaceX public. So why hasn't he?"The reason I haven't taken SpaceX public is...
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The Human Race Is About To Land A Space Probe On A Comet
BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - A team of scientists identified on Monday the point on the surface of a comet, known as "Site J," where they aim to land a probe in what would be a historic breakthrough for...
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Scientists Have Found The First Water-Ice Clouds Outside Of The Solar System
For the first time, astronomers have detected water ice clouds, like the ones that shroud Earth, around a dim celestial body outside of our solar system.Scientists discovered evidence of the alien...
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Incredible New Milky Way Map Is The Most Detailed Survey Of Our Stellar Home...
The saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words, but in this case it's worth 219 million.Astronomers recently released the most detailed catalogue of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. In it,...
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These Are The 3 Commercial Space Capsules Competing For A NASA Contract Worth...
At 4 p.m. ET today, NASA will announce the winner of the contract for its Commercial Crew program.Worth billions, the contract is not only lucrative but historic, as whoever receives it will play a...
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Rumors Favor Boeing And Possibly SpaceX To Win Huge NASA Contract Being...
While three companies are officially in the running to be awarded a lucrative Commercial Crew Program contract from NASA, early reports favor Boeing and possibly SpaceX to win contracts. This victory...
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Boeing And SpaceX Win Huge NASA Contract
While three companies were officially in the running to be awarded a lucrative Commercial Crew Program contract from NASA, Boeing and SpaceX were the ones to win contracts totaling $6.8 billion on...
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