Three Days to 'Fight for Space': An Interview With Documentary Filmmaker Paul Hildebrandt

By Talia Landman, on January 29th, 2015

Fight for Space is a documentary film that explores the history of the U.S. Space Program, the NASA budget, and the future. (Photo credit: Fight for Space)

Last week, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket soared into the clear night sky above Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The grumbling […]

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NuSTAR Sheds New Light on Supernova Explosions

By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on February 21st, 2014

This is the first map of radioactivity in a supernova remnant, the blown-out bits and pieces of a massive star that exploded. The blue color shows radioactive material mapped in high-energy X-rays using NuSTAR. Heated, non-radioactive elements previously imaged by Chandra using low-energy X-rays are shown in red, yellow, and green. Image Credit/Caption: […]

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One Step at a Time: Construction of the James Webb Space Telescope Steadily Going Forward

By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on December 19th, 2013

Segments of the James Webb Space Telescope’s primary mirror, while undergoing cryogenic testing. Image: Ball Aerospace

In what constitutes important and exciting news for space science and astrophysics, the final segments of the primary mirror for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have been delivered to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, […]

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Solar System 2.0: Planetary System Discovered With Architecture Similar to Our Own

By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on December 2nd, 2013

A comparison of planetary system KOI-351 with our own Solar System. Image Credit: German Aerospace Center.

“Second star to the right, and straight on ’till morning.”

— Captain James T. Kirk, ‘Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country’ (1991).

It is unclear which types of planets did the fictional Enterprise crew […]

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Opinion: At Long Last, Is the International Space Station Worth It?

By Emily Carney, on April 11th, 2013

The International Space Station is a sprawling complex the size of a football field. However, after decades of designs, redesigns, and being placed in a less-than-optimal orbit, is the complex worth the $100 billion price tag? Image Credit: NASA

For a long time, it looked as if it would never happen: the Reagan-era […]

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Is Mars Geologically Active?

By Christopher Paul, on November 8th, 2012

Global view of Mars as seen by the Viking 1 orbiter in 1980, showing the Valles Marineris (center). Photo Credit: NASA

A paper in an upcoming special Mars-based issue of the planetary science journal Icarus has examined the small polygonal structures that cover large regions of northern Mars. The paper, by J. Korteniemi […]

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