Should NASA build a real Starship Enterprise?

May 17   Leave a Comment  

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One Trekkie who grew up to be a real engineer thinks so

NASA ok’s more funding for the Kepler space mission

April 6   Leave a Comment  

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Will it find Earth’s twin?

Earth-like Kepler-22b found in habitable zone

Dec. 6, 2011   2 Comments  

On Monday, December 3, NASA’s Kepler space telescope discovery team discovered a planet 600 light years away that perplexingly resembled Earth, with its 72-degree temperature and 60% water content. The planet, named Kepler-22b, lies in the habitual zone, the zone at which it is possible to contain life and water, in a distant galaxy. The planet is 2.4 times [...]

NASA makes a levitation device that floats a mouse

Sept. 14, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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It’s not quite thwarting entropy, but we must finally be in the future!

Hubble on IMAX in March

Sept. 8, 2009   1 Comment  

The nerds in us are wicked excited for this one.

The nerds in us are wicked excited for this one.

India launches lunar craft

Oct. 22, 2008   1 Comment  

India launched Chandrayaan-1 this morning, the country’s first lunar space craft, with the goal of developing a highly detailed map of the moon’s surface.