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Astronaut Chris Hadfield Reflects On Sounds In Space

If you frequent this site, along with most other science/space-based areas of the Internet, then you’re familiar with the name …

11 years ago

Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks Humans Might Be Too Stupid For Aliens To Contact

The Fermi Paradox illustrates the apparent contradiction between the high likelihood that there is intelligent life somewhere out there and …

11 years ago

iss

ISS Spacewalk Cancelled Today Due To Helmet Leakage

There’s a big difference between me and astronauts, and it involves the amount of professional training required, not to mention …

11 years ago

space hair

How To Wash That Space Right Out of Your Hair

Contemplations about space bring up many deep questions. Is there life out there? Could we live on another planet? Can …

11 years ago

Sputnik

Wrath Of Khan Director Penning TV Pilot About The Origins Of The Space Race

Whenever the American space program is featured in film, it’s usually in the context of a huge shuttle launch or …

11 years ago

Mauna Loa volcano

Fake Astronauts Undertake Four-Month Fake Mission To Mars

It might be awhile before we actually put a human on Mars, but Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) …

11 years ago

European Space Agency’s Intermediate Experimental Vehicle Splashes Down Safely After Test Run

The European Space Agency (ESA) has just successfully completed a test run for its Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) prototype. The …

11 years ago

Arthur Clarke’s DNA Spacebound

Arthur Clarke’s dreams of going to space didn’t die when he did. And in 2014, they’re going to come true. …

11 years ago

Verse

Video Map Of The Nearby Universe Reminds Us That Space Is Really, Really, Really Big

“Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may …

11 years ago

Games Workshop Can’t Keep Space Marine Book Off Amazon

You might remember last February, when we ran a story about how Games Workshop had approached Amazon and asked the …

11 years ago

Space Entrepreneur Predicts A Permanent Mars Colony Within Sixty Years

There have been some exciting landmarks in space exploration in the past year or so. Private corporations like SpaceX have …

11 years ago

NASA Wants To Send Your Name And Haiku To Mars

If aliens come Have them know that I’m watching Big ole telescope  For those of you out there with something …

11 years ago

Boomerang in Space

Boomerangs Work Just Fine In Zero Gravity, Thank You Very Much

Boomerangs are a handy weapon to have. You throw one, you miss, and it comes right back to you. Not …

11 years ago

Chris Hadfield

Wringing Out A Washcloth Is More Fun On The ISS

It’s one of life’s great truths that pretty much any activity you can think of automatically becomes more awesome when …

11 years ago

Spacebound

A Boy And His Dog Wreck Your Emotions In This Three-Minute Short, Spacebound

Before watching this, realize that it’s a heart breaker. It’s NSFW only if you don’t want to get teary-eyed in …

11 years ago

NASA-Backed Fusion Drive Could Get Us To Mars In 30 Days

In Jules Verne’s classic book, the eccentric Phineas Fogg leaves his peers gobsmacked when he bets them that he can …

11 years ago

Asteroid

NASA Plans To Wrangle Asteroids Beginning In 2019

If you think NASA’s latest scheme sounds like it was lifted directly from Michael Bay’s Armageddon, then you’re not alone. …

11 years ago

Station1

Seventies NASA Concept Art Imagines The Future That Still Hasn’t Arrived

We’ve often complained that the future we were promised never arrived. We don’t live in the floating cities or drive …

11 years ago

Astronomy Students Take Their Planetarium On The Road

Part circus sideshow, part educational tool, the astronomy department of the University of Washington in Seattle has put together a …

11 years ago

Crowdfund A Space Exploration Trailer To Play Before Star Trek Into Darkness

After the insane success of the Veronica Mars movie Kickstarter, the concept of crowdfunding has leapt back into the public …

11 years ago

F-1 Apollo Mission Engines Recovered From Ocean Floor

From the farthest reaches of manned space exploration to deep below the ocean’s surface, a soon-to-be restored pair of F-1 …

11 years ago

Unmanned Spaceplane Test Flight Planned for 2014

I don’t think it would be outside the means of science to resurrect John Denver in a few years specifically …

11 years ago

How Astronauts Wash Their Hands And Make A Sandwich In Space

There are a thousand little things that we all take for granted on a daily basis that suddenly become a …

11 years ago

Amazing Video Of Nearby Stars With Planets Will Humble You

Did you ever have one of those days when everything was going just perfectly? Woke up after a perfect night’s …

11 years ago

Smartphone Satellite Will Listen For Screams In Space

There have definitely been times over the last few years when I’ve wanted to take my cell phone and throw …

11 years ago

Mars Curiosity Rover’s Panoramic View is Beautiful And Creature-Free

You open the mailbox and beneath the small stack of bills, and you find a postcard from a traveling family …

11 years ago

Pluto’s Unnamed Moon May Indeed Become Vulcan

The people have spoken! And by “people,” I mean “William Shatner’s people.” Last week we told you about how the …

11 years ago

William Shatner Summons Trekkies To Name Pluto’s Moon Vulcan

You may recall last week, when we told you that the SETI Institute was inviting the public to help name …

11 years ago