Chuck Resnik, brother of Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut Judith Resnik, left, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, visit the Space … More
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Ancient Astronomy: Babylonians Used Surprising Math Leap to Track Jupiter
A set of ancient Babylonian tablets that describe how to track Jupiter across the sky have revealed an astronomical technique … More
Violent Impact That Created Moon Mixed Lunar and Earth Rocks
The colossal impact that created the moon may have spawned the ultimate mashup between the rocks that ultimately became Earth … More
Space Station Crew Goes Silent To Recall Fallen Astronauts | Video
American Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly remembered the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia along with absent cosmonaut friends … More
The future of astronomy: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (Synopsis)
“Now the world has gone to bed, Darkness won’t engulf my head, I can see by infrared, How I hate … More
Track Jupiter’s Path Like An Ancient Babylonian
Clay tablets confirm that 14 centuries before Europeans first mapped the movement of planets, Babylonian astronomers were doing it. In … More
The Stars Within Us: Why Everything in You is Stellar
We are made from stars, down to every last element. from SPACE.com http://ift.tt/1nB8nCw via IFTTT
Space Shuttle Challenger’s Fallen Flags and Patches, 30 Years Later
The flags and patches recovered from the space shuttle Challenger, intended as souvenirs, have become memorials for the fallen STS-51L … More
NASA to Announce Science, Technology Missions for First Flight of Space Launch System
NASA Television will air the announcement of the selection of a fleet of small satellites to launch on the inaugural … More
The Quantum Asymmetry Between Space and Time –“There May be a Deeper Origin of Time”
"If you want to know where the universe came from and where it’s going, you need to know about time," … More