Incredibly powerful waves of plasma rippling across the surface of the sun and dubbed "solar tsunamis" were first observed years ago, but were thought...
Buzz Aldrin | Posted 11.25.2009 | Technology
Two Shuttle accidents -- each caused by NASA hubris -- combined with a tight budget have caused NASA to retire the fleet. Understandable, but in a move that truly makes no sense, they will be replaced by...the space capsules we long ago outgrew.
Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology
The 1835 series in the New York Sun , now known as the Great Moon Hoax, used the first three articles to describe the sights of water, vegetation, bison, goats, cranes and pelicans on the moon.
techland.com | Posted 11.20.2009 | Technology
So in a bid to convince kids that science is cool, that the space program has a multitude of practical applications right here on Earth, and that appa...
McClatchy | Robert S. Boyd | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 11.19.2009 | Technology
America's once clear dominance in space is eroding as other nations, including China, Iran and North Korea, step up their activities, a panel of exper...
Jeff Goldstein | Posted 11.19.2009 | Technology
After Atlantis returns to Earth, a space shuttle will clear the tower only five more times before the fleet -- Discovery, Endeavour and Atlantis -- is retired in 2010.
GlobalPost | Alex Leff | Posted 11.19.2009 | Technology
LIBERIA, Costa Rica -- Franklin Chang Diaz has great aspirations for his rocket: a mail-carrier for outer space, a garbage truck for orbital debris an...
AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Technology
**Scroll down for photos, video** CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis rocketed into orbit Monday with six astronauts and a full load of...
Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.14.2009 | Comedy
Hours after scientists confirmed finding evidence of water on the moon, the United States and China each announced ambitious plans to become the first nation to pollute the moon's water.
Huffington Post | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago
The nation's space program is calling on a Chicago surgeon to fix faulty robotic arms on the international space station, Monifa Thomas of the Chicago...
Lawrence E. Joseph | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books
As author of "Apocalypse 2012: An Investigation into Civilization's End" (Broadway/Random House, 2007) I am frequently asked what I thought of "2012," the Columbia Pictures film directed by Roland Emmerich.
Posted 11.15.2009 | Technology
*See video below* Last Wednesday, Germany's Max Plank Institute for Solar System Research released amazing, detailed video footage of the sun's surfa...
Posted 11.13.2009 | Technology
NASA announced that a "significant" amount of water has been found on the moon, following the LCROSS mission to "bomb" the moon earlier this year. ...
Posted 11.13.2009 | Technology
NASA announced that a "significant" amount of water has been found on the moon, following the LCROSS mission to "bomb" the moon earlier this year. ...
AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology
LOS ANGELES — For NASA's stuck Mars rover, the Spirit may be willing, but the wheels could prove too weak. The space agency on Thursday outlined...
sciencedaily.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology
NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, a key component of our hereditary material, in the laboratory. They discovered tha...
breitbart.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology
The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fuelled by ...
Buzz Aldrin | Posted 11.09.2009 | Technology
NASA's recent launch of the Ares 1-X was billed as the prototype of a crew launch vehicle, a fancy term for a manned space booster. In fact, the much-hyped Ares 1-X was much ado about nothing.
Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology
Let America marshal its vast resources in the self-interested pursuit of innovation and science in space for the greatness of a nation and the benefit of the world.
AP | JOHN ANTCZAK | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A robot powered by a ground-based laser beam climbed a long cable dangling from a helicopter on Wednesday to qu...
Posted 11.02.2009 | Technology
These extraordinary images are literally out of this world. Galaxies and supernovae, protostellar jets and pulsars: these pictures of stars from the ...
dsc.discovery.com | Posted 10.30.2009 | Technology
NASA is stepping up its space radiation studies with a round of experiments that for the first time in decades will use monkeys as subjects....
William Pomerantz | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology
We're clearly coming into an era where commercial competition will have a major impact on the aerospace community -- and on the financial community as well.
AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's newest rocket successfully completed a brief test flight Wednesday, the first step in a back-to-the-moon program t...
Posted 10.27.2009 | Technology
As NASA prepares for the launch of its lofty new Ares I-X rocket, we decided to take a look back at the biggest rockets of years' past. See how NA...
LiveScience | Posted 11.25.2009 | Technology