Dr. John Wilkins, warden of Wadham College at Oxford, was a natural philosopher who lived from 1614 until 1672. While he was an accomplished intellectual who had the freedom to pursue any number of scientific…
An asteroid as big as the Egyptian pyramids is zooming towards Earth and will squeeze past us on Friday – if it doesn’t smash on to our home planet’s surface. Named 2019 WR3, NASA expects the space…
Long before playlists were a thing, the astronauts aboard Apollo 11 chose their favorite tunes to listen to on the space flight and for their historic moon walk. As the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong,…
Physics centers essentially on four forces that control our known, visible universe, governing everything from the production of heat in the sun to the way your laptop works. They are gravity, electromagnetism, the weak nuclear…
During transits around the far side of the moon, Apollo astronauts recorded strange “music” on their communication equipment. Nasa Releases Video Footage Of Astronauts Freaking Out When They Hear Music On The Moon. NASA released…
It turns out that NASA’s big announcement involving Robert Downey Jr., the Rolling Stones, Mars, and the Rose Bowl is about — epic drum roll ’cause this news is going to be huge — a…
A typical but existentially terrifying feature of almost every galaxy is a monster lurking at its center: A supermassive black hole which can be hundreds or even billions of times the mass of our sun. The supermassive…
The formation of galaxies is a complex dance between matter and energy, occurring on a stage of cosmic proportions and spanning billions of years. How the diversity of structured and dynamic galaxies we observe today…
Mars has a very tenuous atmosphere, roughly 1 percent of Earth’s own, which is overwhelmingly made of carbon dioxide. Tiny fractions of other gases have been measured and studied over time, leading to several puzzling…
Starship is now eligible to make lunar deliveries for NASA. SpaceX’s huge Mars-colonizing Starship vehicle could make its first extraterrestrial touchdown just three short years. SpaceX is one of five companies that are newly eligible to deliver robotic…
You’ve managed to travel tens of thousands of light-years beyond the solar system. Bravely facing the depths of the great interstellar voids, you’ve witnessed some of the most achingly beautiful and outrageously powerful events in…
A ride on Boeing’s vehicle will be way more expensive than a SpaceX trip. Boeing’s astronaut taxi will cost NASA about 60% more per seat than SpaceX’s vehicle will, according to a new report by the space…
IN BRIEF The Facts:Nearly two decades ago, Gary Mckinnon of the UK accesses nearly 100 NASA and Department of Defence, including the US Air Force Space command. He faced extradition for 10 years after finding…