Tag Archives: space exploration

On this date in 1961, the first human being entered outer space. Mankind's first venture was brief, but it would lead to many, many more.

NASA Space Telescopes captured a massive explosion in a galaxy far, far away. No, it wasn't Alderaan, but a star being ripped apart by a black hole.

Astronomers have discovered an asteroid that looks to have an identical orbit to that of our very own planet, Earth.

The fine folks over at the Jet Propulsion Lab have put together a video showing us what the landing of the 'Curiosity' rover will look like.

The new rocket from SpaceX, known as the "Falcon Heavy," is slated to be the largest and most powerful space-bound rocket to be built since the end of the Apollo program.

A solar storm barely missed Mercury and the MESSENGER probe, thus avoiding what could have been a disaster for NASA.

The NASA MESSENGER satellite has established orbit around Mercury and is now transmitting back to Earth the first images ever shot from the planet's orbit.

The Mars 'Spirit' rover, having been silent for over a year, appears to finally be officially dead.

X-Ray stripes have been found inside the Tycho Supernova, showing where the magnetic fields are, in not so many words, "right jacked."

Scientists have found a brown dwarf star that they believe is only 207 degrees warm. If that's not cool enough, another star they're investigating is believed to be cooler than the human body.