Alan Bean – The fourth man to walk on the moon dies.
Apollo and Skylab astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth human to walk on the moon and an accomplished artist, has died.…
Physics in Space
Counterfactual Quantum Communication
Scientists Achieve Direct Counterfactual Quantum Communication For The First Time Communication without particle transmission. FIONA MACDONALD 10 MAY 2017 Quantum…
NASA Glenn Demonstrates Electronics for Longer Venus Surface Missions
A team of scientists at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland recently completed a technology demonstration that could enable new…
Portals in Space…explained by NASA
Originally published in June 29, 2012: A favorite theme of science fiction is “the portal”–an extraordinary opening in space or…
First white dwarf pulsar in history discovered!
Scientists at the University of Warwick have discovered the first white dwarf pulsar we’ve ever seen. The super-dense body is…
Life on Mars: How a One-Way Martian Colony Project Could Work
Katia Moskvitch, SPACE.com Contributor | December 4, 2013 06:14pm ET LONDON — It’s a one-way ticket, but don’t worry: You’ll…
What Will It Take for Humans to Colonize the Milky Way?
It’s a common theme in science fiction, but migrating to planets beyond our solar system will be a lot more complicated…
Why Should We Colonize Other Planets?
by The Editor • March 3, 2016 • Comments Offon Why Should We Colonize Other Planets? Space colonization has captured the public imagination. Ever…
Study could pave way for greater understanding of how plants and animals grow and develop
Dr. Zhi-Liang Zheng, a biology professor and plant scientist in the Department of Biological Science, published a paper last month…
A new approach to selling human Mars exploration
A new approach to selling human Mars exploration by Joseph F. Smith Monday, November 28, 2016 It has been 44…
NASA’s NEOWISE Mission Spies One Comet, Maybe Two
NASA’s NEOWISE mission has recently discovered some celestial objects traveling through our neighborhood, including one on the blurry line between…
Is NASA Paving the Way for Asteroid Mining?
The agency just greenlit a robotic mission to the most metal-rich space rock in the solar system. In March 1852,…
NASA’s peer-reviewed EM Drive paper says…It works!!
NASA’s peer-reviewed EM Drive paper says…It works!! FIONA MACDONALD 19 NOV 2016 After months of speculation and leaked documents, NASA’s…
“Humanity has less than a thousand years on Earth before a mass extinction”
Stephen Hawking believes that humanity has less than a thousand years on Earth before a mass extinction occurs, the leading theoretical physicist said…
Do Extremely Reddened Quasars Extinguish Star Formation?
– UC Riverside-led team of astronomers have linked extremely reddened quasars to strong galactic outflowing winds that inhibit star formation…
How to See Sunday’s Historic Full Moon
Prepare to be dazzled with the luminous light of a supermoon as it ascends into the sky tonight (Nov. 13),…