You have a chance to choose the cover picture of “Moon As Art”, a collection of images created using Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) data by voting for your favourite picture. To celebrate
The unmanned Dragon capsule from the private US firm SpaceX successfully reached the International Space Station Sunday, its third trip carrying supplies and equipment to the orbiting lab. NASA television broadcast live
Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), the moon exploring robot of NASA was annihilated when it impacted the surface of the moon, as planned last weekend, the US space agency announced.
The first spacecraft designed to detect light rain and snowfall from space has now captured the first 3D images of precipitation on earth. Nasa and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) have
The spotting of ocean debris by satellites during the search for the lost Malaysian airliner has drawn attention to those orbiting platforms. A primer on what’s in orbit, with help from Nicholas
Sony unveiled a prototype headset this week capable of surrounding a wearer’s vision with interactive virtual worlds. The system, codenamed Project Morpheus, utilizes a 1080p head-mounted display with head-tracking capabilities and works in
NASA has completed its 30-day lunar laser mission which confirmed that the possibility of expanding broadband capabilities in space using laser communications is as bright as expected. Hosted aboard the Lunar Atmosphere
Dr. Eui-Hyeok Yang of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology has commenced his term as Division Chair of the Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Division in the American Society of
A pair of experimental atomic clocks based on ytterbium atoms at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has set a new record for stability. The clocks act like 21st-century pendulums