Crater Trueblood & The Lunar Rescue Company – Book Trailer
Crater Trueblood must save Earth and his girlfriend from gene-spliced hybrids. The latest installment of Homer Hickam's Helium 3 series is available on Amazon. Read more at: SPACE.com
View ArticleAmerican Astronauts Lose World Cup Bet, Heads Shaved | Video
If Germany won, NASA's Steve Swanson and Reid Wiseman get their heads shaved. If USA won, ESA's Alexander Gerst gets the US flag painted on his head. Gerst's ISS'barber shop' was open for business...
View ArticleMars One Wants to Send Your Experiments to the Red Planet
The nonprofit organization that has raised eyebrows with its plans to send people on a one-way mission to Mars is now accepting proposals for scientific payloads that could fly aboard an unmanned...
View ArticleSummer Skywatching: July’s Twilight Nights
June 21, the day of the northern summer solstice, has much more than 15 hours of sunlight if the extensive twilight periods around dusk and dawn are taken into account. Read more at: SPACE.com
View ArticleWhy Alien Life Hunt Should Focus on Impact Craters
Cosmic impacts can create novel habitats where life can flourish and preserve the remains of pre-existing life for millions of years, new research suggests. Read more at: SPACE.com
View ArticleNASA Saturn Probe Will End Mission in Epic ‘Grand Finale’
Starting in late 2016, Cassini will zip between Saturn and its innermost ring a total of 22 times in a mission phase now known as the "Cassini Grand Finale," which will end when the probe intentionally...
View ArticleGot Telescope? Catch Pluto, Ceres, Vesta in July 2014 | Skywatching Video
Pluto reaches opposition and can be seen with a medium-sized telescope and dark skies. Dwarf planet Ceres and asteroid Vesta will be quite close to one another on the night sky. But each is a tough...
View ArticleCosmic Crumbs Reveal Umbrella Galaxy’s Eating Habits
Astronomers are studying the feeding habits of a cosmic cannibal to learn how galaxies grow. The Umbrella Galaxy is surrounded by "crumbs" left over from eating a smaller galaxy. Read more at: SPACE.com
View ArticleHow Does Mars Make Liquid Water? | Video
Researchers at the University of Michigan have recreated NASA Phoenix mission landing site conditions in their lab and determined that Martian salts must interact with ice to make liquid water. FULL...
View ArticleSalt on Mars May Turn Ice into Liquid Water (Video)
It may seem impossible that water could flow on the frigid surface of Mars, but a new study in a simulated Red Planet environment shows that a type of salt there may melt the ice it touches. Read more...
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