Space : Everything tagged "astronomy"

As academics work to understand the architecture of the universe, they sometimes uncover connections in mysterious places. So it is with Smith professor of mathematics Richard L. Taylor, whose work connects two discrete domains of mathematics: curved spac

A weirdly wonderful sight appeared to astronauts aboard the International Space Station this summer- thin blue clouds hovering at the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and the void. The clouds remain a scientifically baffling phenomenon.

NASA's staff will study whether the space shuttle program could continue operating past its scheduled retirement in 2010, according to an internal e-mail sent this week.

An PhD student with the University of Queensland's School of Engineering has won top prize in an international competition for her plan to wrap a giant asteroid with reflective sheeting to prevent a collision with the Earth.

Alexander Zaitsev, Chief Scientist at the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, has been broadcasting messages to the potential transient life forms that may exist within the Milky Way...

There is nothing we enjoy more than sealing our own doom in the most creative ways possible.

Poland is just the latest fall guy for an American foreign policy dictated by military industrial lobbyists in Washington