Astronomers Find Black Hole 1,560 Light-Years from Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B3X0cIbaNM Just when you’ve started to put your Halloween decorations away, astronomers found a new spook just 1,560 light-years from...
Astronomy & Space
Rocket Lab Launches Satellite, Fails to Catch Booster in Midair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-ZHjJhY5B4 By now, SpaceX makes it look easy to land its first stage boosters on a drone barge. As a...
Bill Nelson Calls Relationship Between NASA, SpaceX Symbiotic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx5yS3qNz-g NASA Administrator Bill Nelson called the relationship between NASA and SpaceX a symbiotic one in a recent interview with...
NASA Outlines Requirements for Lunar Terrain Vehicle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6r5m-IeAwQ NASA is preparing to send out a request for proposals for a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) that will be...
Perseverance Rover Nearly Ready to Cache Samples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rehxGbYuwIU The Perseverance rover will cache about half the 14 rock cores that it has drilled as early as November....
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Demolishes Old Headquarters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRtLqKa_5bY On October 29, 2022, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) demolished Building 4200, which served as the center’s headquarters...
Data from Voyager Probes Challenge Models of Heliosphere’s Interaction With Interstellar Medium
The Voyager probes became the first two spacecraft from Earth to travel beyond the heliosphere and reach the interstellar medium....
NASA’s InSight Lander Detects Meteoroid Impact on Mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9C4yyqu3yI The ultra-sensitive instruments on NASA’s InSight lander detected a Magnitude 4 “marsquake” on Mars on December 4, 2021. Scientists...
Edward Stone Retires After 50 Years on Voyager Mission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KsJhvm7D_Q Edward Stone retired as the project scientist for the Voyager mission after 50 years in the role. He had...
New Scientific Instrument on ISS Captures Methane Emissions on Earth’s Surface
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0GdlQkDXwE A scientific instrument installed on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS) in July identified 50 methane “super...
Scientists Describe Conditions in Which Early Life Could Have Survived on Mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecq8QwKqLuY Could early life still exist on Mars? Some scientists say that, if life existed, it could have contributed to...
Auroras Punch Hole in Earth’s Ozone Layer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2u6v3qid1M Auroras punched a 250-mile-wide in the ozone in Earth's mesosphere, which resides 50 to 80 kilometers above Earth's surface....
Sanctions Force OneWeb to Find Alternative Launch Providers
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started, most of Europe and the United States slapped sanctions on Russia. This forced some...
Curiosity Finds Table Salt on Mars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DZl56tS9ko Going to Mars? Don’t forget to pack the saltshakers. The Curiosity rover has reached a region on Mount Sharp...
Two Newly Discovered Exoplanets Showcase Detail at Which Exoplanets Can Be Studied
Two newly discovered exoplanets demonstrate the detail at which planets orbiting other stars can be studied using instruments like the...
JWST Observes Early Galaxies Around Red Quasar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQo6nDES7Lk The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched in October 2021 and is already bouncing between sharper images of the...
James Webb Space Telescope Captures Image of “Pillars of Creation”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1__KBHIo_xs The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured a new image of the “Pillars of Creation” in the Eagle Nebula,...
Scientists Develop Technique for Finding Dark Matter in Earth’s Atmosphere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb2YqBegRxk Researchers at Ohio State University and University of Colorado Boulder published a study describing a way to track dark...
Lucy Probe to Make Close Flyby of Earth on October 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD7SVOQA440 The Lucy probe will make an Earth flyby on October 16. It will be as close as 220 miles...
Washington State University Studies 3D Printing with Mars Regolith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJwmZcAV7YM Researchers at Washington State University published a paper with the results of a study on using Martian regolith for...
NSF Rejects Proposal to Rebuild Arecibo Observatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwLDhTRX18A The National Scientific Foundation (NSF) will not rebuild Puerto Rico’s iconic Arecibo Observatory. Instead, it will build a STEM...
New Theory Says Early Martian Life Could Have Caused Climate Change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqhWIX2E7vg A new computer model generated by a team of scientists led by astrobiologist Boris Sauterey from France’s Institut de...
New Model Suggests Moon Formed Faster Than Previously Expected
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlhlCWplqk A new supercomputer model of the moon’s formation indicates that it could have formed within hours after a Mars-sized...
Space Advertising Might Be Commercially Viable (and Space Enthusiasts Hate It)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR40Ms_h1tA A recent feasibility study indicates that sending satellites into orbit to display advertising over major cities might be commercially...
Mars Orbiter Mission Ends Eight-Year Mission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81j98m5PHiM India lost contact with its Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) after it ran out of fuel. The mission was originally...
Hubble Space Telescope Reveals Corona Protecting Magellanic Clouds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DisCTu8nZWE Data and images from the Hubble Space Telescope and Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) revealed a corona protecting the...
NASA’s DART Mission Slams Into Asteroid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsZo1cxMqck The vending machine-sized DART spacecraft reached its target, Asteroid Didymos and its moonlet Dimorphos, and promptly slammed into Dimorphos....
UAE to Create Simulation of Planned Mars Settlement in Metaverse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t7XQeRRYdM&t=59s The United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to build a permanent settlement on Mars by 2117. As part of preparations...
Mars Society to Hold Annual Convention October 20-23, 2022
The Mars Society will hold its 25th Annual International Mars Society Convention at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona on...
For All Moonkind Creates Registry of Historic Sites, Artifacts on Moon
OXFORD, MS, March 11, 2021 – For All Moonkind, Inc., the only organization in the world dedicated to protecting human...
Water and Cryovolcanism on Ceres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kimML8PAbg Most asteroids in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter are little things. They're almost cute. In the highly...
Big Bang Theory: More Than A Big Bang?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gup4Cc0Ube0 You might have heard of the Big Bang at the beginning of our universe. But what caused the Big...
Interview With Frank White, Author of The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution
Frank White’s book, The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution, first published by Houghton-Mifflin in 1987, is now in its third...
How Did The Moon Form?
The Moon may have formed in the aftermath of a collision between a planetoid called Theia and a proto-Earth. Our...
Astronomers Find Planetary Disk in Pole Position of Binary Star System
Artwork of the system HD 98000. This is a binary star comprising two sun-like components, surrounded by a thick disc...
Our Sun Could Become a Crystal in 10 Billion Years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev02tNkw-Fg Astronomers from the University of Warwick recently participated in a study that shows that stars similar to our sun...
Apollo Legends Reunite, Restored Historic Mission Control Unveiled
Apollo astronauts and the "Super Guppy" welcome the newly restored Apollo mission control consoles for the 50th anniversary of the...
Bookmaker Says Odds Favor SpaceX Reaching Mars First
Odds analysts at live sports betting website MyBookie say that Elon Musk and SpaceX are the most likely to send a...
NASA Legend Honored at Space Center Houston’s Fall Luncheon Benefiting Restoration of NASA’s Historic Mission Control
Mission Apollo Minute: Celebrating legendary flight director Gene Kranz from Space Center Houston on Vimeo. HOUSTON, Oct. 23, 2018 –...
Interview With Hank Slater, Producer of Surviving Esperance (Formerly Space Trails: Life on Mars)
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to interview Hank Slater, who was then running a fundraiser for a series...
Nexus Partners With BitSpace to Advance Blockchain Technology in Space
Scottsdale, Aug. 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nexus, a cryptocurrency and blockchain enterprise is excited to announce its partnership with BitSpace,...
ESA’s Mars Express Finds Evidence of Underground Lake on Mars
Scientists have found possible evidence of an underground lake of liquid water on Mars, sparking interest from Mars watchers who...
Interview With David Wilkinson
David Wilkinson is a theologian and currently the president of St. John's College at Durham University. Recently I caught up with him...
Former NASA Human Research Program Chief Scientist Joins Space Center Houston
John B. Charles, Ph.D. HOUSTON, July 5, 2018 – Space Center Houston welcomes 33-year NASA veteran scientist John B. Charles, Ph.D. as the nonprofit’s...
UH Biologists Discover Clues Regarding Why Bacteria Survive in Space
Microbes such as the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria shown here have demonstrated an ability to survive, if sometimes act differently, in...
Space Center Houston Now a Certified Autism Center
Space Center Houston, a nonprofit organization dedicated to learning experiences related to science and space exploration, has received recognition as...
TODAQ and For All Moonkind Form Partnership to Use Blockchain to Map Heritage Sites on the Moon
Toronto, Ontario - (May 22, 2018) - TODAQ Financial, everyone’s mobile, decentralized marketplace powered by the TODA Protocol, is announcing a groundbreaking...
Apollo Moonwalker and Skylabber Alan Bean Dies at 86
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZkTyEe7DfY NASA has confirmed that Alan Bean has died at the age of 86 after a brief illness. He was...
Interview With Hank Slater, Creator of Space Trails: Life on Mars
Space Trails: Life on Mars is a new science fiction series that is currently raising money on Indiegogo to fund...
Mars Society Raising Funds to Build MarsVR System
The Mars Society logo The Mars Society has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the creation of a...
