Space

Morpheus Autonomus Lander Completes Free Flight Test

  A free-flight test of the Morpheus prototype lander was conducted April 30 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's…

11 years ago

New Brown Dwarf Solar System Found. Fourth Closest to Earth

We now have a new neighbor only 7.2 light years away. NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space…

11 years ago

Morpheus Planetary Lander Takes 8th Test flight

NASA's Morpheus Project has developed and tested a prototype planetary lander capable of vertical takeoff and landing. Designed to serve…

11 years ago

Cosmos Series to air this weekend, This is a Must Watch!

I remember when Carl Sagan published his book Cosmos, I read it end to end and learned more about the…

11 years ago

Hubble Watches Comet Breakup in Asteroid Belt

NASA - The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the never-before-seen breakup of an asteroid into as many as 10 smaller…

11 years ago

Kepler Science Module Fails but Mission can continue

Preparations continue for the first K2 campaign in the ecliptic plane ... if it is approved, following the 2014 Astrophysics…

11 years ago

Beautiful Image Captured as Star Speeds through Milky Way

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope captured this image of massive, hot supergiant Kappa Cassiopeiae, or HD 2905a as it speeds through the Milky Way.…

11 years ago

Hubble percisely measures spin of a galaxy

In a first ever scientists have measured the rotation of a galaxy by measuring the movement of the stars within…

11 years ago

Wobbly Planet found by Kepler 2300 light years away

Imagine living on a planet with seasons so erratic you would hardly know whether to wear Bermuda shorts or a…

11 years ago

Mars Curiosity Rover Snaps Picture of Earth and Moon

New images from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover show Earth shining brighter than any star in the Martian night sky. The rover's…

11 years ago