Several million stars are vying for attention in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 Doradus, located in the heart of the Tarantula nebula. Continue reading
Scientists are keeping a close eye on a big asteroid that may pose an impact threat to Earth in a few decades. The space rock, which is called 2011 AG5, is about 140 meters wide. It may come close enough to Earth in 2040 that some researchers are calling for a discussion about how to deflect it. Continue reading
As the United States settles in for the long winter ahead in American space launch capabilities, after a summer that witnessed the end of the Shuttle program, two radically different visions for the future have emerged, put forward by two equally different entities. Continue reading
Move over Commander Data, there’s a real robot in space, now. The International Space Station got a new crewmember today, one made not of flesh and blood, but of gears and clockwork instead. Called Robonaut 2, the automaton astronaut was activated by human spaceflyers today. Continue reading
A ring of antimatter, more specifically antiprotons, has been recently discovered around the Earth. Since antiprotons are charged sub-atomic particles, they are confined by the planet’s magnetic field lines. They are being produced when cosmic rays collide with particles in … Continue reading
This week I recommend to follow @SpaceRef for interesting tweets about current space news. For more Twitter follow suggestions see our astronomy list @TheAstroBlog/astronomy Weekly Stumbles: Bring home the sample Sample return is something of a holy grail to planetary … Continue reading
This week I recommend to follow @NASATweetup for interesting tweets about space and info about upcoming NASA Tweetups. For more Twitter follow suggestions see our astronomy list @TheAstroBlog/astronomy Weekly Stumbles: Moons like Earth’s could be more common than we thought … Continue reading
This week I recommend to follow @MAFNews for interesting tweets about space exploration, NASA and space technologies. For more Twitter follow suggestions see our astronomy list @TheAstroBlog/astronomy Weekly Stumbles: Fifty years of piloted spaceflight: Where are we going? In fifty … Continue reading
This is the second part to the article on the launch loop from the non-rocket spacelaunch series. A complete list of all the articles in this series can be seen at the end of this post. A schematic of a … Continue reading
This week I recommend to follow @space for interesting tweets about astronomy and science in general. For more Twitter follow suggestions see our astronomy list @TheAstroBlog/astronomy Since I didn’t have time to post a Follow Friday & Weekly Stumbles article … Continue reading
