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Continue ReadingScientifically accurate constellation cookies by Bridget Edwards from Bakeat350.
Continue ReadingBlast off to Kennedy Space Center with Dakster and her family as they train like an astronauts!
Continue ReadingIf you’re in the mood to wake up a bit early tomorrow morning (October 8, 2014), you’ll get a pretty awesome lunar treat. That’s right, it’s total lunar eclipse time!
Continue ReadingIndia made science news around the world on September 24, 2014, with the announcement that their first Mars satellite, Mangalyaan, entered orbit around the red planet.
Continue ReadingAs a writer of science fiction, as well as a former astrophysics major in college, I usually like to stay up to date on science news. Space news in particular. And when I hear the words, “manned space travel,” I tend to get very excited.
Continue ReadingIs there a better way to learn about space than through Lego?
Continue ReadingWalter Levin’s The Kid Who Went to the Moon fulfills every kid’s fantasy in more ways than one.
Continue ReadingOSIRIS-REx, an asteroid mission lead by professor Dante Lauretta at the University of Arizona, will carry your name into space!
Continue ReadingExplore the Earth in Maine, from a view that can’t be beat: DeLorme’s large scale replica of our planet.
Continue ReadingDr. Karen Nyberg returned from six months on the International Space Station to her fellow-astronaut husband and their three-year-old son.
Continue ReadingThis Kickstarter campaign to create a book to “get young girls interested in astronomy, science, and technology” has just a few days left for funding.
Continue ReadingThis week, we take a peek at projects that can blast you into space, create jobs, and form someone’s future.
Continue ReadingMe to Firstborn Son: Um. You need to sit next to me. Immediately. Him (sitting next to me immediately): I sense this is important. Me: I need to show you the trailer for the new Cuaron movie: Gravity. Him: Cuaron? The director of Children of Men as well as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of […]
Continue ReadingYou live in a place more beautiful than you can see with the naked eye. Want to see more? NASA can help.
Continue ReadingHow often to you get to see those blue polo shirt-wearing engineers busting a move? Never. But this video has them dancing and singing and doing what I’d imagine happened after the cameras turned off once the Curiosity landed.
Continue ReadingMars Curiosity is scheduled to land tonight at 10:31 p.m. PDT, Aug. 5 (1:31 a.m. EDT Aug. 6).
Continue ReadingHave you ever wondered how the US got to the point where funding missions to space just isn’t that important? Paul Hildebrandt wondered, and he’s launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a documentary and answer that question.
Continue ReadingThe goal here is not to solve the problem, but to start a discussion. There are complex social, political and economic factors that each play a roll in where our space program is today and only by understanding them can we hope to have the program rebound and inspire future generations.
Continue ReadingAn international team of scientists recently assessed which moons and planets are most habitable. They used two different indices: an Earth Similarity Index (ESI) and a Planetary Habitability Index (PHI) to identify likely prospects. You may want to start investing in exoplanet exploration ventures.
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