Space – Page 76 of 93

Sep 22, 2016, 12:10 PM

Stephen Hawking tours five favorite places in the universe in CuriosityStream video

You’d think that physicist Stephen Hawking’s favorite place on Earth would be his native England, but it’s actually someplace completely… Read More

Sep 20, 2016, 6:43 PM

How to geek out with Neil deGrasse Tyson, on stage, on screen or with a book

Few people can geek out to a movie harder than astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, but he met his match when… Read More

Sep 20, 2016, 3:51 PM

NASA says pictures from Hubble reveal ‘surprising’ hints of Europa’s hidden ocean

NASA is gearing up to unveil “surprising evidence” of activity that may be related to the presence of a watery… Read More

Sep 16, 2016, 10:59 AM

Astronomers round up the unusual suspects for ‘alien megastructure’ star

That mysterious “alien megastructure” star is still a mystery, but the most plausible explanations appear to be dense patches of… Read More

Sep 15, 2016, 5:21 PM

For Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos gets Heinlein Prize and a sword – then gives away $250K

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos received one of the spaceflight community’s richest honors, the Heinlein Prize, during a ceremony in the… Read More

Sep 15, 2016, 3:58 PM

First map from Europe’s Gaia satellite charts a billion stars in our Milky Way

The team behind the European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite has released its first catalog of more than a billion stars in… Read More

Sep 14, 2016, 6:26 PM

How Pluto’s methane turned into red ‘spray paint’ on its biggest moon Charon

When NASA’s New Horizons probe sent back pictures of Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, researchers were surprised to see a big… Read More

Sep 14, 2016, 4:09 PM

Rock-star astronaut Chris Hadfield helps kids face fears with ‘Darkest Dark’ book

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield says he wanted to be an astronaut ever since he was a kid – but he had… Read More

Sep 9, 2016, 4:24 PM

Museum of Flight teams up with Microsoft for virtual reality tours of historic airplanes

It’s not easy to crawl through the guts of a World War II bomber, but a new virtual reality project… Read More

Sep 9, 2016, 12:37 PM

We’re go for liftoff: Commercial Spaceflight Federation sets a new course in Seattle

The Commercial Spaceflight Federation set the stage for new leadership as well as new initiatives during its meeting in Seattle this… Read More

Sep 8, 2016, 6:20 PM

NASA launches OSIRIS-REx probe on a mission to bring back bits of an asteroid

NASA launched its OSIRIS-REx probe today on America’s first mission to snag samples from a near-Earth asteroid and bring them back to Earth – and… Read More

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Sep 8, 2016, 4:35 PM

Virgin Galactic’s new SpaceShipTwo gets off the ground, two years after fatal mishap

Virgin Galactic sent its second SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, VSS Unity, into the air for the first time today – tucked securely… Read More

Sep 8, 2016, 9:35 AM

Jeff Bezos says next Blue Origin spaceship test should destroy the booster rocket

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has flown the same rocket booster to outer space… Read More

Sep 8, 2016, 9:30 AM

‘Star Trek’ at 50: How a space saga inspired a generation of scientists, engineers and writers

Fifty years after “Star Trek” made its debut, the science-fiction saga’s biggest legacy may well be its inspirational impact on millions of scientists… Read More

Sep 8, 2016, 7:58 AM

Facebook beams its ‘like’ options into the Star Trek universe for science-fiction fans

Do you love “Live Long and Prosper”? Then you’ll probably be reacting to Facebook posts with Star Trek icons today. The… Read More

Sep 7, 2016, 5:39 PM

Oh, that kiss! How ‘Star Trek’ voyaged into controversial social and political frontiers

Fifty years ago, “Star Trek” pushed the frontiers of technology with 23rd-century smartphones – also known as communicators – but the… Read More

Sep 6, 2016, 8:07 PM

NASA’s Jeff Williams sets record as he and space station crewmates return to Earth

NASA astronaut Jeff Williams returned to Earth from the International Space Station in the company of two Russian cosmonauts tonight,… Read More

Sep 5, 2016, 10:56 AM

Philae found at last! Rosetta probe spots lost lander stuck in a comet’s crack

After almost two years’ of searching, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft has shown scientists what happened to the Philae… Read More

Sep 2, 2016, 4:03 PM

‘Building Star Trek’ connects 50-year-old artifacts with 23rd-century technologies

The vision of the future that “Star Trek” laid out in 1966 may have been bright and shiny, but 50 years… Read More

Sep 2, 2016, 10:52 AM

NASA gives go-ahead to fix Mars InSight lander’s flaw and launch it in 2018

NASA has approved plans to fix a flaw on its InSight lander in time for a launch to Mars in 2018.… Read More

Sep 1, 2016, 4:50 PM

Spacewalkers take on fix-up chores in orbit

NASA astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins ventured outside the International Space Station today for the second time in two… Read More

Sep 1, 2016, 3:20 PM

Photos: Check out a ‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse over Africa, and get set for our turn

An annular solar eclipse swept across Africa today, treating skywatchers to a “Ring of Fire” eclipse and whetting appetites for… Read More

Sep 1, 2016, 12:44 PM

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ‘deeply disappointed’ to lose his satellite in SpaceX’s rocket explosion

Today’s loss of a Falcon 9 rocket and its satellite payload was a bummer for Facebook billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg… Read More

Sep 1, 2016, 11:45 AM

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and satellite destroyed in launch pad explosion

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and a telecommunications satellite supported by Facebook were destroyed today in a launch-pad explosion at Cape… Read More

Sep 1, 2016, 7:44 AM

FAA puts key Amazon, UPS, Facebook and Google execs on Drone Advisory Committee

Gur Kimchi, the vice president of Amazon’s Prime Air drone delivery operation, has been named along with a variety of… Read More

Aug 31, 2016, 4:46 PM

Russian SETI researchers say interesting radio signal was definitely not aliens

Russian astronomers acknowledge that they picked up an “interesting radio signal” in the course of their search for alien transmissions,… Read More

Aug 31, 2016, 3:30 PM

Proxima’s progress: Why it’ll take years to learn what closest exoplanet is really like

University of Washington astronomer Rory Barnes says Proxima Centauri b is the biggest discovery in 20 years for planet hunters like… Read More

Aug 30, 2016, 2:23 PM

Still no aliens in the SETI quest: Lessons learned from that strange radio signal

Fifteen months after an intriguing radio signal was picked up from a sunlike star in the constellation Hercules, follow-up observations… Read More

Aug 29, 2016, 8:03 PM

Hunt for Planet Nine leads to mini-worlds

The hypothetical world known as Planet X or Planet Nine hasn’t yet been found, but thanks to the search, astronomers have discovered smaller… Read More

Aug 29, 2016, 2:36 PM

365-day isolation crew in Hawaii says a trip to Mars is doable – but bring the ukulele

After spending 365 days cooped up in a habitat and mock spacesuits in Hawaii, six volunteers say astronauts can cope… Read More