Universe (40)
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Space Exploration.
What would it look like to approach an asteroid in a spaceship?
Could this be a new type of geometry for an infinite universe where time and space may not be what they seem?
In an interview with Time magazine, astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked the question: "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the universe?" The famed scientist and author gives an answer that is perhaps as eloquent as it is mind-blowing; as beautiful as it is sublime.
Curiosity is the latest rover to be launched towards the red planet by NASA, on 26th November 2011. Its mission is to investigate Gale Crater for signs that the region has ever had conditions favourable to life. Observations from orbit have already shown that Gale Crater contains exposures of clay minerals, which must have formed under wet conditions.
I have always enjoyed programmes on the television which inform you of the latest discoveries in science but until relatively recently it was never more than a healthy curiosity that is common to most people. That started to change one pleasant evening while sitting in a hot tub in 2009 watching the space station fly overhead.
Does our expanding universe create a strange apparition of a reverse time-order past? Do we need to re-think some of the ideas of Relativity where time and distances are peculiar to the observer?
Wonderfully impressionistic video sourced from images collected by NASA's twin-satellite solar mission, STEREO.
The International Space Station: Dreams, Dollars and Destiny
Written by Andy Briggs
The International Space Station is the most expensive object ever built by humans. But what's it for, and why was it ever built?
Promotional video from 2006 for Virgin Galactic's sub-orbital space tourism flights.
Science File's guide to the spacecraft currently exploring the solar system.
Video of an evening celebrating 25 years of cometary science at ESA, from Giotto to Rosetta, held at ESA's Space Operations Centre in Germany.
Science File's guide to the spacecraft currently exploring the solar system.
You'd not know it from TV news, but there's a whole fleet of spacecraft currently exploring our solar system...
Stunning timelapse video showing the Very Large Telescope (VLT) against the desert skies of Chile
NASA's JUNO probe launches to Jupiter atop an Atlas 5 booster.
Gale Crater on Mars has been selected by NASA/JPL as the landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory, due to land on Mars in August 2012. This NASA video describes the landing site, the terrain the rover will traverse and the science objectives for the mission.
A history of the mapping of the planet Mars
A chronicle of the joint Russian/American missions aboard the space station Mir.
An account of the ill-fated Beagle Mars lander, written by the man behind it.
A kind of companion to the Bad Astronomy website
The story of the Apollo Moon missions
Broad overview of our knowledge of Mars
A controversial idea - is the Universe alive?
A non-mathematical description of black holes, their physics and current theories about them. All you wanted to know about black holes, written for the layperson.
Conversations with the nine surviving men who walked on the surface of the Moon.
Xenobiology and much more.
Nobel Prize winner George Smoot's compelling account of his work leading up to COBE, which was the first probe to produce maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background.
Why is the universe just right for life?
Space, time and the fabric of reality
"New Answers to the Ultimate Questions of Life"
Professor Brian Cox is back with a new series in four parts, each an hour long.
Professor Brian Cox takes us on a journey through some of the solar system's most interesting features by visiting analogues on Earth.
How NASA's Viking landers showed us a new view of the red planet
This series of one-hour DVDs examines the history of American manned spaceflight.
Reflections on a night under the stars. Transcript of podcast for 365 Days of Astronomy, 3rd January 2011.
Forget trying to comprehend planetary distances measured in millions or billions of miles. What's needed is feet.
A basic look at the Universe and the Big Bang for the non-specialist.
Light pollution is everybody's problem. Even yours.