Space – Page 80 of 88

Congress’ omnibus bill gives NASA a Christmas bonus: a bigger $19.3 billion budget

The 2,009-page omnibus bill that’s been crafted by Congress for the current fiscal year boosts NASA’s budget to $19.3 billion, which is $756… Read More

It’s a first: Hubble scientists successfully predict supernova’s ‘instant replay’

Astronomers traced one of the weirder twists in relativity to determine when they’d see an “instant replay” of a distant supernova, and… Read More

Space station gets its first ‘official’ British astronaut (plus an American and Russian)

Today the International Space Station’s crew welcomed aboard its first “official” British astronaut, Tim Peake, just hours after he blasted… Read More

Galileo gets a planet: IAU astronomers reveal first batch of names for alien worlds

After a crowdsourcing campaign that lasted more than a year, the International Astronomical Union has issued its first-ever list of… Read More

Get an inside look at Planetary Resources’ asteroid mining HQ in Redmond from the Weather Channel

Planetary Resources is known to show visitors around its headquarters in Redmond, Wash., but it’s not too often that an outside TV… Read More

Can’t wait for ‘Star Wars’? The force is strong with ‘Childhood’s End’ and ‘The Expanse’ on TV

While you’re waiting for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” to invade theaters this week, you can tune in a couple… Read More

Geminid meteors bring holiday cheer – but only upon a midnight clear

The most reliable meteor shower of the year reaches its peak tonight – but to catch the Geminids, you’ll have to… Read More

NASA’s New Horizons mission colorizes Pluto’s close-up – and zooms in on its pits

The Pluto pictures from NASA’s New Horizons probe just keep getting better and better: Feast your eyes on this colorized… Read More

Rare after-dark landing brings space station trio home for the holidays

It took some doing, but three crew members from the International Space Station returned to Earth today and are on… Read More

Planet X? Probably not, but ALMA telescope array’s readings stir up debate

An array of radio telescopes in Chile has picked up weird readings that appear to be coming from far-out objects… Read More

Lawmakers geek out over Washington state’s rising space industry

Washington state legislators got an introduction to the state’s space industry today at Seattle’s Museum of Flight – and voiced amazement at… Read More

Those mysterious bright spots on Ceres? Probably salty ice, scientists say

For months, scientists have puzzled over weirdly bright spots of material shining on the asteroid Ceres, but now they say the… Read More

Cygnus spaceship delivers HoloLens and other goodies to space station

The International Space Station’s astronauts got their Christmas presents early today, in the form of HoloLens augmented-reality headsets from Microsoft… Read More

Former Google exec Alan Eustace looks beyond his record-setting jump: ‘No reason you can’t go higher’

One year after setting the world altitude record for a jump from the stratosphere, former Google executive Alan Eustace says… Read More

Moon Express wins thumbs-up from XPRIZE for multimillion-dollar lunar launch

Moon Express, the lunar exploration venture co-founded by Seattle entrepreneur Naveen Jain, has gotten the “all systems go” signal for… Read More

Jeff Bezos wants to send Donald Trump to space, and Twitter is thrilled

Jeff Bezos is still new to Twitter, but he’s figuring out the snarky social media stuff pretty quickly. The CEO of… Read More

It’s a first! Atlas 5 rocket sends Cygnus cargo ship (with HoloLens) to space station

After waiting out Florida’s weather for three days, United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket lofted supplies to the International Space Station… Read More

NASA’s New Horizons probe sends its closest close-up of Pluto

If you heart Pluto, you’ll love the sharpest, closest close-up of the dwarf planet, just sent back by NASA’s New Horizons… Read More

Space race! British astronaut Tim Peake gets set to run marathon on space station

British astronaut Tim Peake says he’ll follow in the footsteps of NASA’s Sunita Williams by running a marathon in orbit on… Read More

Video: Jeff Bezos spotlights Blue Origin’s ‘very happy’ rocket scientists after touchdown

“Touchdown” means something different to rocket scientists and to football fans, but the cheering, hugs and high fives are the same… Read More

Virgin Galactic gets a 747 jet to serve as flying launch pad for its LauncherOne rocket

Virgin Galactic showed off its latest mothership today: a Boeing 747-400 jet that it acquired from its corporate cousins at… Read More

LISA Pathfinder blasts off to blaze a trail for relativity’s biggest test

The LISA Pathfinder probe is heading for a vantage point a million miles from Earth to help look for gravitational waves and… Read More

Season’s readings: 12 gift books for geeks

In this age of e-readers, there are still occasions when it’s nice to have a book printed on actual paper – like holiday giving, for… Read More

XCOR Aerospace co-founders launch new startup: Agile Aero for the next frontier

XCOR Aerospace pioneered the rapid development of rocket propulsion systems, and now three of XCOR’s founders are starting up a… Read More

Spaceflight offers a Cyber Monday deal: Satellite launches for $200,000 – that’s 33 percent off!

Here’s a Cyber Monday deal from Seattle-based Spaceflight for the space geek on your list: Purchase a satellite launch for one-third… Read More

Asteroid mining riches await: President Obama signs space resource bill into law

President Barack Obama today put his signature on a law supporting the rights of space miners to extract, use and… Read More

Alien megastructure? Nothing to see around formerly weird star, scientists say

Recent infrared observations of a star that once showed a pattern of weird dimming have turned up no anomalous readings,… Read More

Exclusive: Jeff Bezos speaks out on Blue Origin, SpaceX and space trips: ‘I can’t wait to go!’

Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, says watching his Blue Origin rocket make a safe landing after flying into space rates as… Read More

Wow! Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sends New Shepard rocket ship to space – and gets it back safely

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, successfully sent its New Shepard rocket ship to outer… Read More

It’s official: NASA signs up to send crew on SpaceX’s Dragon space taxi

NASA has ordered its first mission from SpaceX to carry astronauts to the International Space Station, six months after placing… Read More