Space Exploration

Nigeria Aims To Put Africans In Space

globalpost.com | Posted 10.30.2009 | World


LONDON, U.K. - Recently I received an email labeled "Strictly Confidential" from Dr. Bakare Tunde, who said he was astronautics project manager at Nig...

A Different Kind of Moon Race

Buzz Aldrin | Posted 10.12.2009 | Technology


Buzz Aldrin

A quarter of a million miles from where you are reading these words, on the dusty surface of our companion Moon, lies the best chance in decades for America to reestablish itself as a global space leader.

How Extremophiles Might Help Us Save the World

Levi Novey | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green


Levi Novey

Living and thriving in the most inhospitable conditions on Earth, tiny bacteria-like microbes known as extremophiles might soon have an over-sized effect on our human world.

NASA Spacecraft Reveals Mysterious Object Punching Through One Of Saturn's Rings

Huffington Post | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green


What is going on with Saturn's rings? It appears that recent images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal what seems to be a small object that has rip...

A Multiple Choice Test for the State Department

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

In light of the reports that July was the deadliest month for U.S. and allied forces, in Afghanistan, I've come up with a multiple choice exam for the State Department.

The Eagle Has Landed

Jeff Gralnick | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media


Jeff Gralnick

We'd managed, somehow, to turn the grand adventure of space exploration into a monstrously expensive giant yawn, which when you think about it is a helluva trick.

"Moon 2.0" Inspiring the Next Generation of Lunar Explorers

Larry Page | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business


Larry Page

We believe the time is ripe for private industry to assist in creating a new era of sustainable, international lunar exploration -- a "Moon 2.0."

Dig the Oceans

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 03.28.2009 | Green


Amitai Etzioni

All we need is a good race with other nations -- measured by how much ocean we cover and who can find more goodies faster -- and ocean exploration will be all the rage.

Alien Planets Found: Planets Outside Our Solar System Photographed For The First Time

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 12.14.2008 | Home


WASHINGTON — Earth seems to have its first fuzzy photos of alien planets outside our solar system, images captured by two teams of astronomers. ...