Curiosity shows off its spiffy new drill
A 2.5 inch-deep hole may seem like a small accomplishment, but it’s a first in space exploration. NASA’s Curiosity rover drilled its first hole on Mars, taking a sample from […]
Category Archives: Space
Name a Plutonian moon
It’s not every day that your name will go down in the history books, but astronomer Mark Showalter could help you get there. He and his coworkers at the SETI […]
New comet caught on tape
It’s not quite ready for its close-up, but comet ISON did get some attention from the Deep Impact space craft between January 17 and 18. The comet-filming craft took some […]
Why build a moon base when you can print one?
NASA might be winding down many of its programs, but the European Space Agency is still going strong. Not only is the agency contemplating future moon missions, it’s actively researching […]
Iran sends off a space monkey
At least, according to Iranian state-run television. Iran released photos of the monkey strapped into a harness just before being launched into space. This time, the monkey returned to Earth […]
The Mona Lisa goes to space
Not really, just a copy of her. NASA is experimenting with laser communication to space, which, once mastered, will be a more reliable way of communicating across larger distances throughout […]
That’s no moon. That’s a space station…
…is what more than 25,000 petition-signers hoped alien life forms visiting the area might one day utter. Because yes, more than 25,000 people petitioned the White House to have the […]
It’s literally the biggest thing we’ve ever seen
It’s so big, it’s toppling previously-held theories about the nature of the universe. We’ve seen Large Quasar Groups (LQGs) before, but never on this scale. The celestial object is a […]
Everything must go!
Are you in the market for a launch tower? Perhaps a space shuttle landing strip, sans the space shuttle? You’re in luck. NASA is renting out or selling off everything […]
Moons having moons
The moon orbits the Earth, but what orbits the moon? Nothing… for now. NASA has expressed interest in giving the moon a moon of its own, and both the how and […]
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