Jul 23 2011
Dear NASA, This is Why I Want to be an Astronaut
BBC astronomy presenter Mark Thompson forgets the tough astronaut training and ponders the fun and games you can have in space.
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Jul 18 2011
How a Mission to Mars Could Kill You
Will bootprints in the Martian soil be a part of our future, or will the interplanetary trip prove too hazardous for humans?
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Jun 28 2011
More Zero-Gravity Flights Available in 2012
France-based Novespace plans to offer zero-gravity, parabolic flights to the public, including one before the end of this year.
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Jun 20 2011
Rocky, Low-Mass World Discovered via Microlensing
Although few exoplanets have been detected using this technique, it's finding worlds that challenge planetary formation models.
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Jun 16 2011
Star SOS Detected From Space
Astronomers pick up a mayday call from a star being ripped apart by a black hole 3.8 billion light-years from Earth.
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May 31 2011
3-D Galaxy Map Reveals Cosmic Neighborhood
A new 3-D map of our corner of the universe includes 45,000 galaxies within about 380 million light-years from Earth.
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May 27 2011
Asteroid Encounters Next on NASA’s Itinerary
Though chosen for its scientific allure, the mission will moonlight as a flight test for future human expeditions.
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May 19 2011
Dark Energy Is Real: Claim
Albert Einstein was right: Dark energy is constant throughout the universe and causing it to expand.
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May 10 2011
Diving into the Vast Sloan Great Wall
Studying one supercluster in the Great Wall has revealed a strange spider-like structure of galactic tendrils.
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Feb 26 2011
What Would an Interstellar Mission Look Like?
Guest contributor Robert Adams explains his mission analysis role in Project Icarus and discusses how a spacecraft could travel to another star.
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