Outer Space

WATCH: Stewart Calls 'Bullsh*t' On Asteroid Mining

The Huffington Post | Christine Friar | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Video, Daily Show Bullshit or No Bullshit, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Funny Videos, Mining, Space, Neil Degrasse Tyson Bullshit or No Bullshit, Asteroid Mining, Bullshit or No Bullshit, Outer Space, The Daily Show, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Comedy News

This week, a collective of independently wealthy people, including two Google execs and "Titanic" director James Cameron, announced the launch of a co...

Read Whole Story

INFOGRAPHIC: Women Astronauts Are Pretty Cool

LiveScience | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Women in Space, Astronauts, Females in Space, Female Space Explores, Space Explorers, Outer Space, Female Astronauts, Women News

China is preparing to launch astronauts to a prototype space station for the first time, and the crew may include the first female Chinese astronaut, ...

Read Whole Story

WATCH: Amazing Video Shows Saturn Like You've Never Seen It Before

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Outer Space Film, Voyager Footage, Video, Cassini Footage, Voyager, Sander Van Den Berg, Voyager 2 Movie, Outer Space Movie, Voyager 1 Movie, Saturn Movie, Cassini, Outer Space, Science News

It's almost hard to believe that "Outer Space," the two-minute film from Netherlands-based editor and director Sander van den Berg, was...

Read Whole Story

High Schoolers Launch Rubber Chicken Into Space

Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Solar Radiation, Rubber Chicken in Space, Nasa, Rubber Chicken Camilla, Science, Rubber Chicken Launched in Space, Slidewide, Science Education, California Students, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Video, Rubber Chickens, Space, Bishop Union High School, STEM Education, Outer Space, Students Study Science, Education News

The newest member of the exclusive space exploration club: A rubber chicken. During last month's solar storm -- the most intense radiation storm si...

Read Whole Story

2 Space Shuttle Cameras Coming To National Air And Space Museum

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: National Air and Space Museum IMAX, Video, Imax, District of Columbia, National Air and Space Museum, Space Shuttle, Museums, Dc Around Town, Smithsonian, IMAX Cameras Space Shuttles, Outer Space, IMAX Cameras, DC News

WASHINGTON — IMAX Corp. is donating its first cameras used to film aboard the space shuttle to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum i...

Read Whole Story

Incredible Jewel-Like Galaxy Discovered By Astronomers

| Sid Perkins | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Emerald-Cut, Stars, Emerald, Star, Video, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Galaxies, Milky Way, Space, Rectangular Galaxy, Slidepollajax, Outer Space, Galaxy, Science News

The vast majority of galaxies are either flattened, disklike spirals like our own Milky Way, ellipsoidal rugby ball-shaped blobs, or irregular clumps ...

Read Whole Story

Newt's Vision: Moon Sex, Lunar Honeymoons & Farmers

Mollie Reilly | Posted 03.28.2012

Newt Gingrich's fixation with the final frontier is far from new. Gingrich made headlines this week by pledging to build a permanent base on the ...

Read Whole Story

NASA Admits To Losing Over 500 Pieces Of Moon Rocks, Other Space Samples

AP | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Nasa, Video, Nasa Space Rocks, Nasa Misplaced Rocks, Nasa Lost Rocks, Space Exploration, Nasa Moon Rocks, Nasa Loses Rocks, Outer Space, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Astronauts may have had the `right stuff' to go to the moon, but when it comes to keeping track of what they brought back, NASA seems to...

Read Whole Story

Could Aliens On Other Planets Be Spotted If They Like Bright City Lights?

| Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Kuiper Belt, Planets, Video, Nasa, Space Exploration, Astronomy, Other Planets, Space Telescopes, Solar System, Outer Space, Life on Other Planets, Green News

By John Matson (Click here for original article.) There's probably no intelligent life in the outer solar system. But it couldn't hurt to check. ...

Read Whole Story

Hubble Telescope Looks Toward Galaxy Clusters To Find Dark Matter

| Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Galaxy Clusters, Hubble Clash, Hubble Clash Survey, Video, MACS 1206, Clash, Space Exploration, Hubble Telescope, Astronomy, Galaxies, Milky Way, Cluster Lensing and Supernova Survey With Hubble, Outer Space, Dark Matter, Green News

By Kelly Oakes (Click here for original article.) Galaxies do not usually exist alone. They tend to bunch together in small groups, like the Local...

Read Whole Story

Herman Cain: 'We Are Not Going To Bum A Ride To Outer Space'

AP | RAY HENRY | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Herman Cain 2012, Nasa, Video, Nasa Space Shuttle, Space Program, GOP Debate, Herman Cain Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle, Space, Herman Cain, Gop Primary 2012, Elections 2012, Obama Space Program, Outer Space, Herman Cain Nasa, Politics News

ATLANTA — Republican Herman Cain said God convinced him to enter the race for president, comparing himself to Moses: "'You've got the wrong man,...

Read Whole Story

Alien Probes for Real?

Seth Shostak | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Aliens, Space Exploration, Astronomy, Space Probes, Twin Moon Probes, Outer Space, Alien Probes, Technology News

It's probably hopeless to do a thorough reconnaissance of our solar system. Nonetheless, there are certain places, such as the Lagrange points between the Earth and Moon, where a detailed search for not-made-on-Earth hardware could be undertaken.

Read Post

Amazing Space Pictures

Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Super Moon, Outer Space Pictures, Black Hole, Amazing Space, Nasa, Sun Flare, Martian Gullies, Outer Space, Weird-News-Photo-Galleries, Weird News News

...

Read Whole Story

Satellite Pieces May Hit Earth On Weekend

AP | By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Falling Satellite, Rosat, Video, Space, Satellite Crashing, German Satellite, German Satellite Weekend, Satellite, Outer Space, German Satellite Crashing, Rosat Satellite, Satellite ROSAT, Green News

BERLIN -- Pieces of a retired German satellite hurtling toward the atmosphere may crash to earth this weekend, the German Aerospace Center said Thursd...

Read Whole Story

NASA Orbiter Reveals Mercury To Be Surprisingly Complex

| Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Video, Nasa, Planet Mercury, Space Exploration, Mariner 10, Messenger Spacecraft, Nasa Messenger Mercury, Mercury, Nasa Messenger, Outer Space, Green News

By John Matson (Click here for original article.) Mercury, a hard-baked pebble of a planet patrolling the inner solar system, has long been a bit ...

Read Whole Story

Up on the Roof, Part 2

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Boston University, Lro, Astronomy, Double Stars, Galileo, Solar System, Moon, Jupiter, Student Journalism, Student Scientist, Observatory, College Scientist, Outer Space, College News

Galileo could probably see more stars from Florence than we could from Boston, but I had a feeling his sense of relaxation in turning to the skies after a long day was probably similar to my own.

Read Post

Forecasters: New Solar Flare Won't Cause Problems

AP | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Energy, National Weather Service Forecasters, Sunspot, Weather Forecasters, Space, Solar Flare, Earth, Sun, Outer Space, Solar Flares, National Weather Service, Technology News

WASHINGTON -- Forecasters say a new solar flare should provide only a glancing blow on Earth on Friday and is unlikely to cause any problems. The Nat...

Read Whole Story

WATCH: Drinking Water In Space Looks Like Something Else

Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Video, Innuendo, Water, Funny Videos, How to Drink Water in Space, Drinking Water in Space, Urlesque, Outer Space, Drinking, Comedy News

Zero gravity may lend itself to some LOL-worthy aerial stunts, but we have a feeling this footage of a woman drinking water in space is being passed a...

Read Whole Story

Space Pollution Needs Solution

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Environment, Space Debris, International Space Station, Earth, Space Pollution, Space Junk, Space Pollution Clean Up, Outer Space, Space, Green News

WASHINGTON — Space junk has made such a mess of Earth's orbit that experts say we may need to finally think about cleaning it up. That may mean...

Read Whole Story

Watch: Earth's Oldest Fossil Could Point To Life On Mars

Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Sulphur, Video, Biology, Water, Micro-Organisms, Solar System, Extraterrestrials, Mars, Fossils, Outer Space, Alien Life, Green News

A team of scientists believe they have uncovered the fossilized remains of the earliest life on earth. Fossilized, single-celled organisms were di...

Read Whole Story

9 Styles From Space: How Aliens And Sci-Fi Have Inspired High Fashion

Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Space Age Fashion, Alexander Wang, Laura Mulleavy, Rodarte Fashion, Kate Mulleavy, Jane Fonda, Lady GaGa, Aliens, Alexander McQueen, Beauty, Makeup, Fashion Week, Hair, Couture, Space Fashion, Galactic, Sci Fi, Space Age, Space, Reese Witherspoon, Fashion, Rodarte, UFO and Paranormal, Science Fiction, Shoes, Goldin, Outer Space, Weird Photos and Videos., Barbarella, Style News

Ever since the Space Race defined international relations in the mid-to-late twentieth century, human culture has always had at least one eye turned t...

Read Whole Story

WATCH LIVE: Space Shuttle Prepares For Final Flight

Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Final Shuttle Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Nasa Shuttle Launch, Nasa, Shuttle Launch, Space Shuttle Launch Live, Live Space Shuttle Launch, Space, Last Space Shuttle Launch, Space Shuttle Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch, Outer Space, Atlantis Launch, Nasa Launch, Video, Technology News

UPDATE: Atlantis successfully completed its launch. The AP reports, "Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday on NASA's last space s...

Read Whole Story

Artists Meditate On Extraterrestrial Life

Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: Mars: Adrift on the Hourglass Sea, Photography, Kopeikin Gallery, Sculpture, Aliens, Astronauts, Mars, Journey to Erebus Mons, Extraterrestrials, Culver City, Outer Space, Kahn & Selesnick, Arts News

The landscapes in Kahn & Selesnick's "Mars: Adrift on the Hourglass Sea" feel as though they're being explored for the first time. The new inhabitants...

Read Whole Story

Tips for NASA: Houston, You Have a Problem

John Bobey | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Nasa, Blofeld, Nasa Space Shuttle, The Moon, Space Shuttle, Cosmic Rays, Mission-Control, Houston, Multi-Purpose-Crew-Vehicle, Astronauts, Rockets, The Right Stuff, Mars Probe, Jet Blue, Space Shuttle Endeavour, Venus, Jet Pack, Antares, Hubble Telescope, Odyssey, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, Armageddon, The Kardashians, International Space Station, Outer Space, Aurora, Comedy News

You shot yourself in the foot by calling them Space Shuttles. "Shuttles" don't boldly go where no man has gone before, they go to Chicago, and occasionally bring you from Parking Lot T to the front entrance of the State Fair.

Read Post

ET, Are You Home? Scientists Search 86 Planets For Life

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Green Bank Radio Telescope, SETI Institute, Habitable Planet, Kepler Spacecraft, Seti@Home, Ufos, Aliens, Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Allen Telescope Array, Search for Alien Life, Robert C Byrd, Ets, Cosmos, Outer Space, Dan Werthimer, Weird News News

As scientists suggest they're close to discovering the first habitable planet beyond our own, 86 individual planets are now being scanned for signs of...

Read Whole Story