The Arctic’s a lot like Mars, according to the Mars Society. It’s cold, it’s isolated, and it’s kind of dangerous. And, the society says, it’s ready...
And now we reach the third part in our trilogy on space stations, with the largest vehicle ever assembled in space: the International Space Station....
Sometimes a trilogy needs four parts. We've looked at the history and modern era of space stations but now it's time to peer into the future at some...
We don’t have the budget yet to send Star Trek‘s U.S.S. Enterprise to probe the surface of strange new worlds, but luckily for humanity, astronomers...
If you’re a semi-serious amateur astronomer, chances are you’ve heard of a variable pair of stars called*SS Cygni. When you watch the system for long...
It’s one thing to fly into space, and another thing entirely to live in space. And to understand the stresses and strains this puts on a human body,...
Images are starting to come in of the bright planetary conjunction in the western sky at dusk! Jupiter, Venus and Mercury are snuggling up together,...
“Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time” is an award-winning IMAX Super Short film. In less than 3 minutes you can explore 10 billion years of cosmic...
A new satellite map from Google and Digital Globe shows just-released satellite imagery of the damage from the tornado that struck the area of Moore,...
It’s been about three months since that infamous meteor broke up over*Chelyabinsk, Russia. In that time, there’s been a lot of conversation about how...
Are there waves on Titan’s lakes and seas? Cassini scientists say that the best chance of answering this question is with the May 23 flyby of Titan,...