The transition zone controls the movement of magma that flows out during a volcanic eruption. Can scientists now determine when the next eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano will occur? (… Read more »
NASA’s TESS spacecraft is enclosed at the top of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, set to launch April 18 at 6:51 p.m. EDT (2251 GMT) after a two-day delay. Credit: SpaceX/Twitter… Read more »
A colorized scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) image showing the diamond phase (blue), inclusions (yellow), and the graphite region of Almahata Sitta meteorite No. 15. Credit: Dr. F. Nabiei/Dr. E…. Read more »
CAPE CANAVERAL — SpaceX will reboot its launch effort for NASA’s TESS satellite on Wednesday, with a 30-second window opening at 6:51 p.m. It was scrubbed hours before the Monday… Read more »
The forecast is excellent for SpaceX’s planned 6:51 p.m. Wednesday launch from Cape Canaveral of a NASA science mission that will search for planets in other solar systems. There’s less… Read more »
HERMES, the new spectrograph built at the AAO, uses volume phase holographic (VPH) gratings to provide various optimized spectra in blue, green and red light and a fourth band in… Read more »
[unable to retrieve full-text content] loading… SpaceX to build Mars rocket at Port of Los Angeles WISN Milwaukee Mayor Eric Garcetti Says SpaceX to Build New Rocket in Port of Los… Read more »
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which is neither an asteroid nor relevant to this story, but looks somewhat threatening.Image: NASA An asteroid approximately the size of a football field flew close by Earth… Read more »
The image above shows a diagram of asteroid 2018 GE3’s orbit when it made a close pass by the Earth on April 15, 2018. (NASA/JPL) A football field-sized asteroid made… Read more »
One of the best meteor showers of the year coincides with Earth Day this year — meaning people all over the world will have the chance to see the 2018… Read more »
[unable to retrieve full-text content] loading… One of the solar system’s early planets didn’t survive, but its diamonds are now on Earth Los Angeles Times Mars, Earth to have relatively close… Read more »
Shelby Fleig Published 6:19 p.m. ET April 17, 2018 CLOSE LA Mayor, Eric Garcetti, has given SpaceX approval to build its Mars-bound rocket at the Port of Los Angeles. Buzz60… Read more »
SpaceX will build its “BFR” spaceship at a new facility in the Port of Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced yesterday (April 16). The company plans to use this ambitious… Read more »
Silex spring at Yellowstone National Park. Photo: Brocken Inaglory/Wikimedia Commons With its rushing rivers, sprawling canyons, and lush forests, Yellowstone National Park is an absolute treasure, but buried deep beneath… Read more »
The hunt for exoplanets has been so successful that they now have their own periodic table, ranging from small planets orbiting in their star’s hot zone to large Jovian planets… Read more »
SpaceX lands a rocket on land on December 15, 2017.Image: Spacex By Mark Kaufman2018-04-17 17:47:04 UTC SpaceX doesn’t land its rockets back on Earth just because it looks cool. Their… Read more »
<!– googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display(‘post_link_unit’); ); –> loading… Illustration of the orbit of asteroid 2018 GE3. The orbit appears to extend to the inner part of the asteroid belt between Mars and… Read more »
An illustration of the early solar system, when the planet body of the Almahata Sitta meteorite may have existed. (NASA) Ten years ago, an Arizona astronomer spotted an asteroid that was headed… Read more »
SpaceX received approval from Mayor Eric Garcetti to build the BFR, the spacecraft to send humans to Mars, in Los Angeles. Where in the crowded city will SpaceX build a… Read more »
Potentially harmful germs dwell inside the guts of urban mice, according to a team of scientists who trapped more than 400 of the rodents around New York City. The researchers, conducting the largest… Read more »
This evocative movie of four planets more massive than Jupiter orbiting the young star HR 8799 is a composite of sorts, including images taken over seven years at the W.M…. Read more »
When NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren traveled to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015, he was expecting the air to smell a little like a locker room, he says in… Read more »
AOL SpaceX can start building its “Big Fucking Rocket,” now that it has officially found a home in LA. Mayor Eric Garcetti has announced on Twitter that the private space… Read more »
SpaceX’s planned launch of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been delayed. The $337 million exoplanet-hunting spacecraft must wait until at least Wednesday before it can blast off. Due… Read more »
[unable to retrieve full-text content] loading… NASA’s New Exoplanet Satellite Has a Better Shot of Finding Life Close to Home WIRED SpaceX postpones launch of NASA’s planet-hunter spacecraft Yahoo News Launch of… Read more »
[unable to retrieve full-text content] loading… NASA shares spellbinding picture of the Aurora Borealis seen from the International Space Station Mirror.co.uk Kneeling before a sovereign The Space Review NASA International Space Station… Read more »
A football-sized asteroid – labeled 2018 GE3 – buzzed by Earth on April 16, 2018. (Texas A&M) loading… An asteroid the size of a football field buzzed by Earth Sunday… Read more »
File photo of acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani NASA is working with the Russian space agency to potentially extend crew stays on the International Space Station, the… Read more »
Published: Monday, April 16, 2018 @ 6:51 PMUpdated: Monday, April 16, 2018 @ 6:51 PMBy: Associated Press loading… LOS ANGELES — SpaceX has chosen to manufacture its planned big, new… Read more »
This artist’s rendition from NASA shows the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, which is set for launch Monday on a mission to search for the nearest Earth-like planets in… Read more »
Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. will build its giant in-development rocket, nicknamed “BFR,” at the Port of Los Angeles. “Officially announcing that SpaceX will start production development of the… Read more »
NASA’s TESS exoplanet satellite stands atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on April 16, 2018. Launch was planned for this day, but a rocket… Read more »
Lyrid meteor shower: What to know In late April, skywatchers in the northern hemisphere will get a view of 2018’s Lyrid meteor shower. Here is everything you need to know… Read more »
Update April 16th, 4:35PM ET: SpaceX is pushing back the launch until Wednesday, April 18th. The company says it needs more time to do analyses of guidance, navigation, and control… Read more »
An asteroid similar in size to one that exploded more than 100 years ago in Russia’s Tunguska region in Siberia gave Earth a close shave on Sunday (April 15), just… Read more »
The satellite is expected to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, about 6:32 p.m. ET Monday. TESS will use its fuel to reach orbit around the Earth, with a gravity assist… Read more »
[unable to retrieve full-text content] loading… How a Football Field-Size Asteroid Caught Us by Surprise Live Science Sneaky Asteroid Skimmed Past Earth Just Hours After Detection Newsweek Earth was buzzed by a… Read more »
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. Credit: NASA SpaceX readied a Falcon 9 rocket for takeoff Monday to launch a planet-hunting… Read more »
Astronomers spotted an asteroid just hours before it approached Earth at just half the distance to the moon last weekend. First spotted Saturday from the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, 2018 GE3… Read more »
loading… Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Tomruen loading… Image 1of/57 Caption Close loading… Image 1 of 57 A graphic shows the orbit of the 2018 GE3 asteroid. Wikimedia Commons/Tomruen A graphic… Read more »