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Five Obstacles to Landing People on Mars
Getting a six-wheeled car-size rover safely onto the surface of the red planet? Daunting, sure. But NASA did it...
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Hundreds Pay Tribute to Neil Armstrong at Kennedy Space Center
As family and friends of Neil Armstrong gathered in Ohio on Aug. 31 for a private memorial service, NASA...
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Neil Armstrong’s Family, NASA Remember First Moonwalker
The late astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, was memorialized in ceremonies around the country on Aug....
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NASA’s WISE Survey Uncovers Millions Of Black Holes
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has led to a bonanza of newfound supermassive black holes and extreme...
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Building Blocks of Life Found Around Young Star
A team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has spotted sugar molecules in the gas surrounding...
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Space-Warping White Dwarfs Produce Gravitational Waves
Scientists first detected ripples in the fabric of space-time by using radio signals, but now a team of astronomers...
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Two Alien Planets Found with Twin Suns
Astronomers have for the first time discovered two alien planets whirling around a pair of stars: a complete solar...
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Liftport Is Kickstarting A Space Elevator – For The Moon
The LiftPort Group has launched a rather unusual Kickstarter project. They’re looking for money for an experiment to serve...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on Neil Armstrong, Space Exploration
In the wake of the passing of pioneering astronaut Neil Armstrong, Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and director of the...
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Astronomers Find a Rare, Second Kind of Supernova
Astronomers have for the first time observed a nova-producing system turn into a supernova, a finding that indicates the...