The increasing reliance by the American military on space assets brings with it increased vulnerability if those satellites are attacked. … More
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Review: The Right Kind of Crazy
Achieving milestones like landing rovers on Mars requires not just technical expertise, but also ingenuity and the ability to deal … More
Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Almost Stick Droneship Landing, then Tip and Explode; Video
SpaceX came much closer to sticking the landing of their Falcon 9 rocket on a tiny droneship at sea than … More
Herschel Reveals Filaments in the Serpens Core
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Carnival Of Space #441
This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Joe Latrell at his Photos To Space blog. Click here to read Carnival … More
Beyond Carbon –“The Possibilities of Life Elsewhere in the Universe are Staggering” (Today’s Most Popular)
"If you don’t explore the various options of what life may be like in the universe, you won’t know what … More
Record-shattering super supernova
The supernova was as bright as 570 billion of our suns and some 20 times as luminous as the entire … More
Join “Space Warps” –Citizen Astronomers Play Increasingly Important Role in Discovery of Cosmic Phenomena
"Human beings are very good at pattern recognition. The dynamic range that our eyes and our brains offer is much … More
Have Astronomers Found Alien Megastructures After All? (No, Probably Not) (Synopsis)
“Thou shalt not embarrass thyself and thy colleagues by claiming false planets.” -Bill Cochran Last year, Penn State astronomer Jason … More
Daily Image Release: Janus and Tethys
Janus and Tethys demonstrate the main difference between small moons and large ones. It’s all about the moon’s shape. from … More