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NASA’s SOHO spacecraft recorded an interesting sight on April 10, 2010. A comet, unnamed as it was previously unknown, approached the sun but came a little too close – causing it to be swallowed up, never to be seen again. 1. The Approach You can see the comet approaching...
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When NASA announced the release of the most detailed pictures of Pluto that have ever been seen, I must admit to having experienced a certain level of excitement. After all, it is not very often that one gets a chance to get a good look at the distant dwarf...
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This object, which was first picked up by MIT’s LINEAR, was so incredible that it demanded a second look. NASA repositioned the Hubble and captured a beautiful shot of a debris cloud orbiting between Mars and Jupiter that bears more than a passing resemblance to a Klingon Bird of...
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NASA has confirmed that a small baggie of white powder that was found in the hangar of space shuttle Discovery is in fact cocaine. A shuttle maintenance worker is reported to ahve found the baggie outside the men’s room of the shuttle hangar and reported it to security. The...
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The NASA LCROSS mission reached its conclusion approximately two days ago, when two spacecraft slammed into the surface of the moon....
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An investigation by the Dutch national museum revealed that a piece of “moon rock” given by the U.S. ambassador to a former Dutch prime minister in 1969, was nothing more than petrified wood....
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It was sixth time lucky for the Endeavor after a series of delays kept the space shuttle from making the trip to the International Space Station....
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NASA has unveiled plans for an extraordinary experiment, one that will hopefully come to a dramatic conclusion with the crash a rocket booster into the surface of the moon followed by a six-mile high explosion....
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Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata has made a name for himself performing all manner of odd experiments during his time on the International Space Station (ISS). The ideas for the unusual experiments, which see Wakata doing everything from folding clothes to arm wrestling, were submitted to the Japan Aerospace Exploration...
It was sixth time lucky for the Endeavor after a series of delays kept the space shuttle from making the trip to the International Space Station....
Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata has made a name for himself performing all manner of odd experiments during his time on the International Space Station (ISS). The ideas for the unusual experiments, which see Wakata doing everything from folding clothes to arm wrestling, were submitted to the Japan Aerospace Exploration...