With the annual Leonid meteor shower displaying the last of its celestial fireworks, it's a good time to examine exactly how meteor showers work.... Read more →
Source: NASA Suni Williams hands over command of the International Space Station before her departure (Credits: NASA). The Soyuz TMA-05M... Read more →
The 6th IAASS International Space Safety Conference "Safety is Not an Option" will be hosted by the McGill University in Montreal (Canada) on 21-23... Read more →
Google Lunar X Prize offers $20 million to the first privately funded team to land and operate a rover on the Moon. This year, at the Google Lunar X... Read more →
On Nov. 9, 2012, NASA renamed the Radiation Belt Storm Probes to the Van Allen Probes. The probes, shown here in an artist's rendition, will help... Read more →
Animation of 2008SE85 asteroid, as it moves through the stars (Credits: ESA/Erwin Schwab). Amateur astronomer Erwin Schwab was determined to find... Read more →