Missouri Enjoys Showing on Best-Of Lists
VisitMO.com recaps the awards granted Missouri cities and attractions this year. Jefferson City, Mo. (PRWEB) December 20, 2013 If you’re looking for an award-winning getaway, start planning your trip...
View Article'After Earth,' 'Sharknado' named year's worst movies
Step aside, "Battlefield Earth." Will and Jaden Smith's science-fiction adventure "After Earth" has joined you on the legendarily awful movie list.Bad-movie experts Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and...
View ArticleLive from Mars: Mission to beam video back to Earth in 2018
The Mars One colonization project plans to bring live video of the surface of Mars to Earth via a privately built communications satellite and lander to launch as part of an unmanned mission to the Red...
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Titan Holds 40 Times Earth's Oil Reserves on Its Surface
According to the results of a new study conducted using the NASA Cassini spacecraft, it would appear that Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has enough liquid methane and ethane on its surface to exceed...
View ArticleRevealing The Sounds Of Space Wish Satellite Data
*Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online*A scientist from the University of Leicester is helping to reveal the sounds of space by using satellite data. Some areas of space are so quiet you...
View ArticleNASA Transforms Access to Low-Earth Orbit, Touches Interstellar Space, Makes...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In 2013, NASA helped U.S. commercial companies transform access to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station even as one of the agency's...
View ArticleAsteroid-hunting telescope orbiting Earth sends first images, with clarity
NEOWISE, an infrared telescope orbiting Earth, returns test images in preparation for hunting and characterizing near-Earth objects, especially asteroids. The information it provides will help...
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EARTHRISE: The Most Famous Space Photograph Ever Taken
On Dec. 24, 1968 — 45 years ago this Christmas eve — Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders became the first humans to leave Earth's orbit and circle the moon. The mission...
View ArticleU.S. spacewalkers get ready for repairs at ISS
Two American astronauts are to step out Saturday on the first of three spacewalks to replace a broken cooling pump at the orbiting International Space Station. The spacewalk is set to begin at 7:10 am...
View ArticleThe True Meaning of Christmas
Many religious believers get upset during the winter season. Bill O'Reilly leads the outrage by claiming that there is a "war on Christmas," and he is not alone. Many other Christians insist that...
View Article'Big Data' Is an Investment in Nature -- and Human Well-being
The foundation of Conservation International (CI) is built upon the integration of comprehensive data and responsive science. Those committed to this premise invest in good data and sound measurement...
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What is Winter Solstice and When Does it Start?
Patch Santa Cruz, CA -- by Alex Gronke and Brad Kava One doesn’t have to be a druid or belong to a coven to want to celebrate the longest night of the year. The winter solstice, which is Saturday,...
View ArticleWhat's stopping big Bertha? Seattle debates mysterious object obstructing...
SEATTLE — In a city known for a giant needle pointing toward space, everyone is talking about a massive machine stuck underground.They call her Bertha, a 57-foot-wide, earth-eating tunnel maker chewing...
View ArticleMerry Christmas Satan...
As we are just days away from Christmas, I'd like to celebrate a historical figure who in my opinion shares his birthday with the Christ child. Now I'm not saying that while Mary was pumping the Lord...
View ArticleVan Allen Probes Provide Insight Into Electron Acceleration In Earth's...
*April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online* Data from NASA's Van Allen Probes mission has helped researchers resolve decades of scientific uncertainty over the origin of ultra-relativistic...
View ArticleIs This The Next Earth Hour? How Singaporeans Are Saving The Forest One...
For this season of extreme consumption, World Wildlife Fund Singapore and Bartle Bogle Hegarty Asia Pacific are asking Singaporeans to take pause and start a global movement – to wrap their gifts in...
View ArticleThe Causes of Air Pollution
Air pollution is caused by a wide variety of harmful materials. It can cause harm humans as well as other living organisms on earth. Air pollution can also cause damage to the environment as well. The...
View ArticleChina’s Jade Rabbit rover makes crucial tracks in space and on Earth
Space has become the place to make political statements, and with this moon landing China is challenging established powers Hours after settling on the surface of the moon, the Chinese lander lowered a...
View ArticleEarth’s best line of defense against asteroids sends back first images
Asteroid-hunting telescope orbiting Earth sends first images, with clarity (via The Christian Science Monitor) NEOWISE, a repurposed infrared telescope orbiting Earth, has returned its first test...
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PHOTOS: How Planet Labs Is Saving The Earth With These Cheap Handmade Satellites
Move over Elon Musk. There's a new super cool startup founded by three NASA scientists that is also saving the world by launching things into space. It's called Planet Labs and it just raised $52...
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