22
May
Artist envisions NYC on other planets
In hopes of inspiring others to appreciate Earth, Nickolay Lamm transplanted the Big Apple to all of the planets in our solar system.
22
May
Artist envisions NYC on other planets
In hopes of inspiring others to appreciate Earth, Nickolay Lamm transplanted the Big Apple to all of the planets in our solar system.
20
May
How space tourism could help save planet Earth
A new perspective might inspire people to view our planet with more care.
16
May
NASA’s planet-hunting spacecraft suffers major failure
The failure of a device critical to Kepler’s functioning may signal the end of the space telescope’s journeys.
15
May
Gorgeous views of stars, Earth win sky photo content
The contest aimed to honor photographs that portray the genuine beauty of nature, with minimal editing or exaggeration through retouching.
Farming on Mars: NASA ponders food supply for 2030s mission
Gravity, space radiation and artificial lighting are just some of considerations in feeding manned missions to Mars.
14
May
Hubble telescope discovers ‘polluted’ dead stars
The material is thought to be leftover from terrestrial planets that formed when these stars were first born.
13
May
How to watch as space station crew returns to Earth
The Soyuz landing tonight will mark the end of the International Space Station’s Expedition 35 mission.
Sun unleashes strongest solar flare of the year
The solar flare erupted from an active sunspot on the far side of the sun, so it was not directly facing Earth when it unleashed a wave of super-hot plasma.
10
May
A timeline of the distant, disturbing future
If humans still exist millions or billions of years from now, they’ll have to deal with supervolcanoes, supernovas and other civilization-threatening calamities.
Water on moon and Earth may come from the same place
Scientists suspect that water-bringing meteorites likely originated from the edge of the solar system’s asteroid belt.
