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Space Exploration
Space Exploration: is the discovery and exploration of celestial structures in outer space by developing and growing space technology. While the study of space is carried out mainly by astronomers with telescopes, the physical exploration of space is conducted both by unmanned robotic space probes and human spaceflight.
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MAR 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
On Earth, bursts of particles spewed by the Sun spark shimmering auroras, like the Northern Lights, that briefly dance a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Scott Kelly will be spending a year on the International Space Station to study the effects of long-duration s ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 27, 2015Health & Medicine
When Scott J. Kelly goes up to the International Space Station - he and two Russian astronauts are scheduled to launch o ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 26, 2015Space & Astronomy
The discovery of a massive, 124-mile-wide crater on the moon was announced at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
It's official, Mars rover Opportunity has completed a marathon on Mars!
Although there was no cheering crowd ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
The U.S. Defense Department could lose its current source of ocean-wind data this year, well before the planned early 20 ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 17, 2015Space & Astronomy
Tourist guide John Alasdair Macdonald captured his image on a compact camera near Dochfour at about 21:00 on Sunday. The ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
It's strange to think that a man who went to the moon and wants to colonize Mars could be delayed by some snow.
Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
Moon Express, a small company with only fifty employees, based in Mountain View California has just completed another st ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 12, 2015Space & Astronomy
The biggest moon in the solar system harbors a salty ocean beneath its frozen surface, according to a study that e ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 12, 2015Space & Astronomy
It's a blast from the space-age past: A poster from 1965, featuring a space explorer traversing a distant world, was une ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 09, 2015Space & Astronomy
An out-of-this-world collection of vintage NASA photos -- including the first "selfie" taken in space and a rare image o ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 23, 2015Space & Astronomy
New images from NASA's NuSTAR and ESA's XMM-Newton have finally given astronomers proof that space winds coming from sup ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 19, 2015Technology
It began with the Apollo 11 Lunar module, signaling the historic first manned landing on the moon. In subsequent Apollo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 05, 2015Space & Astronomy
While not yet a reality, a team of scientists and students is working on a new space telescope, one they believe will be ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 26, 2014Technology
Space is one of the most demanding and unforgiving environments. Human exploration of space requires astronauts to maint ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 22, 2014Space & Astronomy
The Venus Express, a spacecraft launched by the ESA in 2006 to study the planet Venus and it's atmosphere, will end its ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 08, 2014Technology
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have a new tool in their kit and the possibilities seem limitless for ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 20, 2014Space & Astronomy
For centuries, every civilization on Earth has looked skyward to the sun and depended on it for energy, heat, light and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 07, 2014Genetics & Genomics
It's thought that in the 1800's the passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was the most numerous bird in the world, w ...Written By: Peter MicheliFEB 17, 2014Chemistry & Physics
If we mention glowing plants, do you think of Homer Simpson pushing the wrong button at the Springfield Nuclear Plant? O ...DEC 16, 2013Space & Astronomy
Loud applause filled the mission control center as China joined the exclusive club of countries who have performed a suc ...MAR 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
On Earth, bursts of particles spewed by the Sun spark shimmering auroras, like the Northern Lights, that briefly dance a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Scott Kelly will be spending a year on the International Space Station to study the effects of long-duration s ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 27, 2015Health & Medicine
When Scott J. Kelly goes up to the International Space Station - he and two Russian astronauts are scheduled to launch o ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 26, 2015Space & Astronomy
The discovery of a massive, 124-mile-wide crater on the moon was announced at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
It's official, Mars rover Opportunity has completed a marathon on Mars!
Although there was no cheering crowd ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
The U.S. Defense Department could lose its current source of ocean-wind data this year, well before the planned early 20 ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 17, 2015Space & Astronomy
Tourist guide John Alasdair Macdonald captured his image on a compact camera near Dochfour at about 21:00 on Sunday. The ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
It's strange to think that a man who went to the moon and wants to colonize Mars could be delayed by some snow.
Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
Moon Express, a small company with only fifty employees, based in Mountain View California has just completed another st ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 12, 2015Space & Astronomy
The biggest moon in the solar system harbors a salty ocean beneath its frozen surface, according to a study that e ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 12, 2015Space & Astronomy
It's a blast from the space-age past: A poster from 1965, featuring a space explorer traversing a distant world, was une ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 09, 2015Space & Astronomy
An out-of-this-world collection of vintage NASA photos -- including the first "selfie" taken in space and a rare image o ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 23, 2015Space & Astronomy
New images from NASA's NuSTAR and ESA's XMM-Newton have finally given astronomers proof that space winds coming from sup ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 19, 2015Technology
It began with the Apollo 11 Lunar module, signaling the historic first manned landing on the moon. In subsequent Apollo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 05, 2015Space & Astronomy
While not yet a reality, a team of scientists and students is working on a new space telescope, one they believe will be ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 26, 2014Technology
Space is one of the most demanding and unforgiving environments. Human exploration of space requires astronauts to maint ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 22, 2014Space & Astronomy
The Venus Express, a spacecraft launched by the ESA in 2006 to study the planet Venus and it's atmosphere, will end its ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 08, 2014Technology
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have a new tool in their kit and the possibilities seem limitless for ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 20, 2014Space & Astronomy
For centuries, every civilization on Earth has looked skyward to the sun and depended on it for energy, heat, light and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 07, 2014Genetics & Genomics
It's thought that in the 1800's the passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was the most numerous bird in the world, w ...Written By: Peter MicheliFEB 17, 2014Chemistry & Physics
If we mention glowing plants, do you think of Homer Simpson pushing the wrong button at the Springfield Nuclear Plant? O ...DEC 16, 2013Space & Astronomy
Loud applause filled the mission control center as China joined the exclusive club of countries who have performed a suc ...
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