American And Russian Say They'll Get Along Just Fine In Outer Space
Paris (AFP) - US-Russian ties may have returned to Cold War levels, but an astronaut and a cosmonaut gearing up for the longest flight on the International Space Station said Thursday politics would...
View ArticleNASA's Incredible, Futuristic, And Totally Real Plan To Establish A Human...
NASA has plans to live on Venus. Seriously.In fact, up in the clouds above its scorching surface, Venus is "probably the most Earth-like environment that's out there," Chris Jones of NASA told Evan...
View ArticleCheck Out This British Crowdfunding Campaign To Send A Rocket To Drill On The...
In about 10 years, UK space company Lunar Missions Ltd plans to send a rocket into Earth's orbit and land a spacecraft on the moon. To do so, it's raising money on Kickstarter— and just passed its...
View ArticleSeeing This Spectacular Sunrise From A Hot Air Balloon At The Edge Of Space...
World View, a commercial balloon spaceflight company, released footage from a recent flight showing the view passengers will experience during their journey above earth. World View is a space tourism...
View ArticleThese Are 3 Breakthroughs That Bill Nye Thinks Will Change The World
When asked if there was one scientific fact that blew his mind, Bill Nye, author of "Undeniable" had a whimsical response. But what about what's still to come? Nye hopes these are the 3 scientific...
View ArticleCrazy Image Shows What North America Would Look Like On Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, but just how large is it?Well, you could easily fit all of the moons and every other planet in the solar system inside of Jupiter and still have...
View ArticleThe Most Jaw-Dropping Science Pictures Of 2014
Science shows us the new discoveries that change the world along with the amazing natural phenomena that have amazed humanity for thousands of years.In 2014 we've seen auroras transform the sky,...
View ArticleAmazing Footage Of What NASA Astronauts Will See When They Return From Mars
While some Mars missions offer no hope of return, astronauts taking part in NASA's Orion mission (scheduled for as early as 2030) are in for an amazing view on their return to Earth.Orion will be the...
View ArticleTiny Dwarf Galaxy Found That Upends Our Understanding Of Galaxies
A minuscule dwarf galaxy, named KKs3, has been found in the Milky Way's backyard, about 7 million light years away from us.The spheroidal galaxy is only the second isolated dwarf, spheroidal galaxy...
View ArticleHere's A Live View Of Our Planet From Space On Christmas Eve
There's nothing as profound as seeing Earth from space, and it is particularly wonderful during the holidays when festive lights adorn the houses and trees across much our planet's surface.According to...
View ArticleThe Idea That A Planetary Alignment On January 4 Will Let People Float Is...
The idea we will all weigh less and even experience a floating sensation due to a planetary alignment on January 4, 2015 (#zeroday) is entirely false.Gosh, just when the rumor of 3-6 days of total...
View ArticleTop 10 Space Events Of 2014
It seems a lot of the space stories of this year involve spacecraft making journeys: bouncing across a comet, or making their way to Mars. Private companies also figure prominently, both in terms of...
View ArticleHow This Hoax About Space Fooled Over One Million Facebook Users
If you've been paying attention on Facebook recently, you might have noticed a friend or two sharing a story about a phenomenon that would supposedly be happening in early January of 2015."Strange...
View ArticleScientists Have Explained The Origins Of A Mysterious Type Of Aurora
The mystery of the northern lights — aurora — spans time beyond history and to cultures of both the southern and northern hemispheres.The mystery involves the lights, fantastic patterns and mystical...
View ArticleAn Astronaut Compressed 6 Months In Space Into This Amazing Time-Lapse
In this six-minute time-lapse video from space astronaut Alexander Gerst combined 12,500 images during his six-month Blue Dot mission on the International Space Station. The time-lapse features...
View ArticleVenus Could Be Home To Ancient Oceans Of Carbon Dioxide
Venus may have once possessed strange oceans of carbon dioxide fluid that helped shape the planet's surface, researchers say.Venus is often described as Earth's twin planet because it is the world...
View ArticleAmazing Image Shows 2-Mile-High Towers Of Dust In Saturn's Rings
From a distance, Saturn's rings look like a sheer sheet, but peer up close and you can see that impression is a mistake. Shadows from rubble believed to be two miles (3.2 kilometers) high are throwing...
View ArticleThere's A Very Small Possibility That We Will Find Aliens In 2015
One of the reasons that the search for life elsewhere in the universe is so exciting is that it would take only one chance discovery, one lucky break, for all the walls to come tumbling down. But where...
View ArticleAstronaut Chris Hadfield Says You Should Be Optimistic About 2015
In 2014 we saw the worst Ebola outbreak in history, the rise of the Islamic State, aggressive military actions by Russia in the Ukraine, and more.Bad news felt like it was piling on nonstop. Sometimes...
View ArticleThere Are Parts Of The Universe We Will Never Be Able To See
Thanks to our powerful telescopes, there are so many places in the Universe we can see. But there are places hidden from us, and places that we’ll never be able to see.We're really lucky to live in our...
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