Hubble Snapped This Picture Of Jupiter With A Creepy 'Hole' In Its Great Red...
Holey moley! Someone blew a giant hole in Jupiter!The Hubble Space Telescope had its sites set on Jupiter earlier this year and snapped this pic of the massive planet's famous Great Red Spot. But...
View ArticleA Huge Solar Flare Just Exploded From The Biggest Sunspot In 24 Years
The biggest sunspot on the face of the sun in more than two decades unleashed a major flare on Friday (Oct. 24), the fourth intense solar storm from the active star in less than a week.The solar flare...
View ArticleCheck Out This Stunning Picture Of The Moon From Space
We've been regularly bombarded with images of the Earth from above, thanks to Commander Chris Hadfield on the International Space Station, and the dozens of Earth-observing satellites circling our...
View ArticleWe've Finally Found Where NASA Crashed A Lander Into The Moon
To date, no astronaut has set foot on the far side of the moon, but that can't be said for man-made instruments. After more than six months of searching, NASA has finally spotted a crater on the moon...
View ArticleScientists Caught A Rare Glimpse Of An Exploding White Dwarf Star
A team of astronomers have captured the first images of a thermonuclear fireball from a nova star, allowing them to track the explosion as it expanded.The nova was detected last year in the...
View ArticleHere's What Was In The 5,000 Pounds Of Cargo Destroyed In Tuesday's Rocket...
When the unmanned Antares rocket exploded yesterday, it took with it nearly 5,000 pounds of cargo meant to resupply the ISS.The crew on the ISS are not in danger, however, according to NASA officials....
View ArticleThe Antares Rocket Explosion Took 1,254 Pounds Of Student Science Experiments...
An unmanned Antares rocket carrying nearly 5,000 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station exploded on Oct. 28, destroying everything aboard."It's hard to describe what it was like other...
View ArticleDecades-Old Soviet Engines Powered The US Rocket That Exploded
Washington (AFP) - The Orbital Sciences rocket that exploded after launch was powered by a pair of rocket engines that were made during the Soviet era and refurbished, experts said.The...
View ArticleElon Musk Wants To Land Rockets On Floating Platforms In The Ocean
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The private spaceflight company SpaceX is hoping to bring a rocket back from space and land it on a giant, floating platform in the middle of the ocean, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said...
View ArticleHere's What Richard Branson Told Us About Virgin Galactic Just Last Month
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View ArticleThis Isn't The First Deadly Failure Of A Virgin Galactic Craft
One pilot died and another was seriously wounded in a tragic crash on Friday afternoon during a test flight of Virgin Galactic's pioneering space plane.The craft, called SpaceShipTwo, was designed to...
View ArticleThe Virgin Galactic Spaceship That Crashed Was Using A New Fuel Combination
The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo that crashed in the Mojave Desert earlier today was using a new fuel combination that Virgin Galactic had never used during flight before.Virgin Galactic announced that...
View ArticleThese Stunning Hubble Images Show Us The Secrets Of The Universe
Even if you know nothing about astronomy, you've likely heard the name Hubble in reference to the Hubble Space Telescope.This telescope, which uses a series of high-resolution cameras to observe the...
View ArticleThese Nighttime Photos Of The International Space Station Look Like Something...
While his five colleagues were sleeping, astronaut Alexander Gerst photographed the International Space Station (ISS) at nighttime — and ended up with this enchanting series of images. Gerst, a...
View ArticleHalf Of The East Coast Saw A Bright, Green Meteor Last Night
At about 6:20 p.m. ET on Monday, reports started trickling in that a brilliantly bright, green meteor was tracing its way across the night sky.Over the course of the night, the American Meteor Society...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson's 'Most Astounding Fact About The Universe' May Bring You...
Time magazine offers its readers a great series called "10 Questions" where some of the most interesting people in the world answer questions about their careers, beliefs, experiences, and more.In...
View Article'Interstellar' Animators Made A Physics Breakthrough While Creating A Black...
Soon, astrophysicists will receive a physics lesson from an unlikely source: Hollywood.The movie-making business has, unintentionally, helped make something more: a scientific discovery. One that you...
View ArticleMystery Object 'G2' At The Center Of Our Galaxy Identified
A mysterious object swinging around the supermassive black hole in the center our galaxy has surprised astronomers by actually surviving what many thought would be a devastating encounter. And with its...
View ArticleScientists Have Figured Out What Color The Universe Is
Looking up at the sky on a chilly fall night, the universe looks like a big black curtain dotted by pearls of ivory and glimmers of sparkling diamond white.In reality, those tiny spots of light...
View ArticleHere's The Crazy Physics You Need To Know To Understand 'Interstellar'
Christopher Nolan's latest mind-trip "Interstellar" will be premiering in theaters across the country on Friday, Nov. 7. No doubt, the film is the strangest cinematic experience you will have had since...
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