The hand of God? An alien breaching the walls of our galaxy? The giant space hand you see here is actually pulsar PSR b1509-58.This neutron star spins seven times per second and is relatively young by pulsar standards – the light of the supernova that caused it would have first reached our planet about 1,700 [...more]
Interesting article from the Washington Post this morning – so the White House has called off a plan to go to the moon, and the space shuttles are mere months away from being decommissioned. For the first time in decades, NASA has no specific location it’s headed to next. Where NASA heads next seems to be [...more]
An Indian satellite doing a flyover with a NASA radar spotted tons, and tons, and tons of ice — 600 million metric tons worth. The 1.3 trillion pounds of ice are very interesting to moon scientists and NASA explorers who could potentially use the ice to create water and to eventually create oxygen [...more]
In the 50s, a common vision of the future went like this: an American family packs up the car, drives to their local Spaceport, hops in the 10:35 am rocket and gets ready for a relaxing day-trip to the moon. Well, now it is the future — the year 2010 — and not only are [...more]
On February 1, President Obama unveiled his new budget proposal. Not found in its pages was funding for a Department of Socialism. On the other hand, an increase for NASA was included. The space agency would receive an additional $6 billion over the next five years, but funding for return trips to the moon. According to [...more]
An earth-orbiting satellite got a front row seat for the latest solar eclipse. As the video shows, the event is very interesting and a bit unnerving when sped up so quickly. The European Space Agency’s Proba 2 satellite was designed to observe the sun with new technology, so more stunning views like this are on [...more]
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is hard at work on its task of mapping the entire sky with infrared light. Why? Planet-killing asteroids, that’s why! They’re out there, and I’m terrified! And guess what? WISE’s already brought home the bacon: That red dot is WISE’s first find – a .6-mile asteroid NASA’s designated 2010 [...more]
NASA and the Obama administration says the future of space travel will depend more on private companies to do the legwork in creating new technology and building the technology for future space travelers. According to the Wall Street Journal, the move is expected to be a part of President Barack Obama’s next budget. After [...more]
Electricity. It lights our homes, zaps our stupidest infants, aids the elderly in their crimes, and, if aerospace geek Mark Moore has his way, will propel us into an era where we all fly to work in personal aircraft like so many fleshy George Jetsons. Meet the Puffin. This new bird boasts Vertical Take-Off and Landing [...more]
NASA’s prices on used space shuttles are so low, they’re in-sane! Last Friday, NASA slashed prices on the Atlantis and Endeavour from $42 million dollars to the low, low price of $28.8 million dollars. Who’s buying? Well, not the people you’d want – namely, angry ex-astronauts seeking revenge – it’s schools and museums. Potential customers have until [...more]
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