Science Art: Variation of the Electron Density with Altitude in the Venusian Ionosphere, 1975.
A look at the solar wind – charged particles whipping off our nearest star – and what they do to the second planet out, Venus. […]
space exploration
NASA preps for life-hunting mission to Europa
Discovery News gets all excited by NASA-JPL’s announcement that they’re budgeting for a robotic mission to seek life on Jupiter’s moon Europa: In response to […]
We found Beagle 2 on Mars.
Science Daily explains how an orbital camera solved a decade-old Martian mystery: Images taken by the HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, or MRO, […]
Science Art: Space Shuttle, concept art from NASA’s Glenn Research Center.
A vision of futures past from NASA’s Glenn Research Center Collection, part of the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System. This was what they planned […]
Last tour of Mercury – wanna name a crater?
New Scientist watches the Messenger probe prepare to take a final spin around the hottest planet – with one last firing of its engines: Engineers […]
Science Art: While master @AstroTerry cuts, apprentice @AntonAstrey is at the vacuum cleaner. Apprendista Anton all’aspirapolvere, by Sam Cristoforetti.
Performing delicate procedures in space: a zero-G haircut for New Year’s. From Italian astronaut @AstroSamantha’s Twitter feed. The process starts here, if you want to […]
NASA breaks scientific boundaries… in ballooning.
Nature profiles the amazing new high-atmosphere vehicle for exploring space from Antarctica: If all continues smoothly, experts expect the flight to last for 100 days […]
A new road to Mars
Popular Science charts a course to Mars that’s easier and cheaper… in a roundabout way: Spacecraft usually enter orbit around planets via Hohmann transfer, which […]
Science Art: Astronauts Clown Around In Space
Click to embiggen In 1984, astronauts had to ride out in the Space Shuttle Discovery to retrieve two broken-down satellites, and decided to have a […]
Considering Orion.
Scientific American takes a moment, after all the hubbub last week, to think over what the success of the Orion launch means for NASA and […]
Talk to a friend in space. Or friends of a friend in space.
Business Insider, among other sources, has a neat piece on an even neater app that lets you talk to someone on the ISS: talian astronaut […]
Elon Musk designs X-Wing rockets & spaceport drones.
Popular Mechanics gets all excited over PayPal/Tesla Motors/SpaceX magnate Elon Musk’s next set of high-tech tricks, including drones and rockets with unfolding wings (in a […]
SONG: High Desert
SONG: “High Desert.” ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “All Dressed Up For Mars And Nowhere To Go“, Medium, 9 November 2014, as used in the […]
A shadow falls across Comet 67P and the Philae lander….
Nature tries not to be *too* foreboding about the dark times ahead for Philae: The Philae lander’s drill is now working, but the craft’s batteries […]
Rosetta: What’s the big deal?
Instead of following the usual format today (find story, write lead, post an excerpt), I thought I’d do something a little different. The big story […]