Space News
Last call for SpaceUp in Space City Toulouse
SpaceUp - 16 Aug 2014 23:42
After the great success of the first SpaceUp in France, at ESA HQ in Paris last year, we are getting ready for the second SpaceUp Unconference on French soil. This time the venue is as-epic as was last year’s: Cité de...
Brad Paisley Launches Song About 'Flag on the Moon' From Historic NASA Pad
SPACE.com - 16 Aug 2014 23:19
Country music star Brad Paisley traveled to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to launch his new song, 'American Flag on the Moon.' 'I'm at NASA's Apollo launch pad in FL, leaking my new song,' Paisley wrote on Twitt...
Curiosity Reverses Back from Martian Valley of Slippery Sand and Finds Fourth Rock Drilling Candidate at 'Bonanza King'
Universe Today - 16 Aug 2014 22:07
Not wanting to get stuck in a rut, Curiosity's handlers have commanded NASA's SUV-sized rover to reverse course and drive out of a potentially hazardous Martian valley of slippery sand with poor wheel traction and instea...
This Week at NASA: OCO-2 First Light, Black Holes, Cygnus, ATV-5
SpaceRef - 16 Aug 2014 14:00
A month after its launch, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide - has reached its final operating orbit and returned its first science data....
My Life as a Comic
Bad Astronomy - 16 Aug 2014 14:00
Oh, I do get around. If you're a comic book fan, you might remember an issue of Ant Man where I'm quoted. And were you aware Black Widow, Nick Fury, and I go way back? And now, it so happens, I've had something of a run-...
Near-Earth Asteroid Held Together by Unknown Force
Scientific American - 16 Aug 2014 14:00
The new discovery suggests better ways to deflect an incoming space rock --
Amazing SpaceX Video Shows Reusable Rocket Test as Seen from Airplane
SPACE.com - 16 Aug 2014 13:13
An amazing new video shows a stage of the private spaceflight company SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket make a soft splashdown in the ocean after delivering six satellites to space.
'Star Trek: Axanar' Fan Film Warps Beyond Crowdfunding Goal
SPACE.com - 16 Aug 2014 13:05
The crowdfunding campaign for "Star Trek: Axanar" -- a fan-funded "Star Trek" film -- has raised more than $200,000 donated through the website Kickstarter, blowing well past the original goal of $100,000.
Physics Week in Review: August 16, 2014
Scientific American - 16 Aug 2014 11:21
This week on Virtually Speaking Science, I chatted with astrophysicist Katie Freese, author of a new book, The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter. --