Not so far, far away: How the Star Wars galaxy falls short of the real-life search for planets Over the past 42 years, filmgoers have seen exotic worlds come to life in a succession of Star Wars movies… Read More
Astronomers spot most distant known world in the solar system: V774104 Astronomers say they’ve identified the most distant celestial object in our solar system – a speck of light more than three times… Read More
Ice volcanoes on Pluto? NASA’s New Horizons probe spots ‘weird’ mountains Scientists with NASA’s New Horizons mission say that at least a couple of the miles-high mountains on Pluto look as… Read More
NASA mission’s leader calls B.S. on Pluto haters: Will it make a difference? Can you say “bullshit” at NASA? The principal investigator for NASA’s New Horizons mission did, in an outburst directed at the tortuous… Read More
Asteroid-mining company raises $1M for world’s first crowdfunded space telescope It’s official: The world’s first crowdfunded, public use space telescope will be sent into space within two years. Planetary Resources,… Read More
Bill Nye and Star Trek’s ‘Data’ helping asteroid miners with ‘unprecedented’ new project Planetary Resources is on a mission to mine near-earth asteroids and now they want you to join in on the fun, too. The… Read More
Planetary Resources founder: ‘Humans will migrate off Earth in the next 30 years’ Can you imagine packing your belongings and hopping on a spaceship to go live on another planet for the rest… Read More
