In Saturn’s Rings is a non-profit IMAX film coming in 2014 that shows the wonder of our universe without using special effects. It uses real photographs stitched [...]
Space photography is the closest thing to being there, and this PBS video demonstrates the beauty of our universe. Awe-inspiring stuff… From the YouTube description: [...]
You would thing that the combination of astronaut and pop culture icon would result in some lowest-common-denominator banter abd idle chatter about green-skinned women. [...]
From YouTube: As commander of Skylab 4, NASA astronaut Jerry Carr has spent over 2000 hours in space, breaking the world record for individual time in space. In this animated [...]
The publisher of the 2012 anthology Rocket Science has kindly granted me permission to post my essay from that book, which has been nominated for the BSFA Non-Fiction award. [...]
Diane Turnshek is an astronomer whose short fiction has been published in Analog Magazine and elsewhere. She teaches astronomy and experimental physics lab at Carnegie Mellon [...]
An interest in space travel has always fueled my love of scienc efiction. Today at the Kirkus Reviews Blog, I look at some recent releases that ignite that same passion. Head [...]
Here’s a cool mashup of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” and clips from space helmets in films and TV. For extra credit, see if you can name all the films [...]
I was very pleased to learn that yet another extrasolar planet has been discovered, this time closer to Earth than ever before. It turns out that Alpha Centauri, our closest [...]
Mike Poole is a part-time system administrator, part-time bookkeeper, full-time heavy box toter working in the backwoods of South Carolina. He spends his free time reading [...]
Sad news… Reuters is that reporting that atsronaut Neil Armstrong has died at 82 years of age. Armstrong was the commander of the Apollo 11 mission and became the first [...]
From YouTube: Mining Asteroids! Has the future finally arrived? Is this B.S. or not B.S.? Scientist and Sci-Fi author David Brin breaks down the idea into its fascinating [...]
From filmmaker Robert Dastoli: The short is based on the Tomorrowland episodes of the Disneyland TV series (specifically Man in Space), showcasing artistic projections and [...]
It’s probably not a stretch of the imagination to guess that science fiction fans tend to like science, nor is it a stretch to guess that Astronomy is a particular area [...]
This vigorous discussion on “Our Future In Space” featuring Phil Plait, Pamela Gay, Lawrence Krauss, Bill Nye, and Neil deGrasse Tyson was one of the most [...]
