Alien Vacations Begin with Mercury | Nasas Volcanic Plunge | Simpsons Test Hyperloop Tech

Living on Other Planets: What Would It Be Like? What would it be like to live on other planets and moons of the solar system? Join Space.com in this series exploring life on other worlds.

 

NASA's New Robot Will Take the Plunge ... Into a Volcano NASA will drop VolcanoBot2 inside a fissure of Hawaii's famed Kilauea to create 3D maps and test tech that could one day explore extraterrestrial volcanoes. Read More

 

NASA Marks Space Disaster Anniversaries with Day of Remembrance NASA is honoring its fallen astronauts with a special day of remembrance Wednesday (Jan. 28), the 29th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle tragedy. Fire Ends Mock Mars Mission in Utah Desert Four crewmembers simulating a mission on Mars dealt with a real-life emergency late last month — a greenhouse fire so strong that flames reached at least 10 feet (3 meters) high.

 

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SpaceX's Elon Musk Guest Stars in Spacey 'Simpsons' Episode SpaceX founder Elon Musk starred in a new episode of The Simpsons on Fox. Read More Big Earth-Buzzing Asteroid Has Its Own Moon (Photo, Video) The mountain-size asteroid that gave Earth a close shave Monday (Jan. 26) has its own moon, new radar images of the object reveal. Read More Planetary Society's LightSail Solar Sail to Launch in May A solar sail mission funded entirely by private citizens will launch to Earth orbit just a few months from now. Read More

 

Found! 5 Ancient Alien Planets Nearly As Old As the Universe Five rocky alien worlds that are 80 percent as old as the universe have been discovered, suggesting that Earth-size planets have been a feature of the Milky Way galaxy almost since its beginning. Heart Nebula's Cloudy Core Glows in Amateur Photo  Astrophotographer Jaspal Chadha took this image over four nights in December 2014 and January 2015. Space Gifts for Kids: Fun and Educational Gift Ideas Here's a collection of fun and educational gift ideas that both kids and parents will love. Perfect for a birthday, graduation or just because.