They’re not scared of what you think they might be scared of

Go Lightsail 2, Go!

Apparently, not only can you write science fiction, you can build it too

Now we need a Titan snow globe – complete with raining hydrocarbons

Wally Schirra already owned this camera and realized it would be ideal for space missions. The rest of the story is a history in pictures.

Sailing through space is a concept that goes back to 1610, but we’re probably more familiar with it from stories like Sunjammer (Clarke) and The Mote in God’s Eye (Niven-Pournelle)

Chandrayaan-2 seeks to land on the Lunar south pole and deploy a rover that will search for evidence of surface ice.

Aerogel could be used to create a solid state greenhouse effect, making it possible to grow plants.

The International Asteroid Warning Network didn’t spot this one until just three days before the flyby

Something deep in space we’ve never seen before!

“Warfare is going to look a whole lot more science-fiction”. Well, WE could have told you that decades ago!

The subsurface rock exposed by the impact could be ICE

Be careful: If you start doing this, you might not understand anything people say in your dreams. (Wasn’t Elron into this?)

Hey! There may yet be hope for Niven’s magnetic monopole miners!

Dang. Now we’ll have to stick with worrying about asteroids that might come clost to Earth

MIchio sure knows how to pump up developing tech

Well, looks like everything I learned in school about solar system formation is no longer true

Silly question. No one can stand outside the universe and clock it as it goes by

This map is SO cool, even though we linked to it in news, it bears repeating!

The planetary detection tech is getting better and better all the time.

They’re grainy, not smooth, there’s ravioli-shaped moonlets in there…butternut squash?

Voyagers 1 & 2 should be renamed Timex 1 and Timex 2 – they just keep on ticking.

It happened. I watched it. Most of the world watched it.

I think the real money to be made is in modifying garages and paving landing pads….

Why is it so strange? Sorry, but you’ll have to read this article to find out.

Lasers are almost always the answer….

The first plan required psychic intervention…

About the only thing this spectacular video needs is a Blue Danube Waltz soundtrack

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, spins a web of super-silk, look out, here come the genegineers!

Have scientists discovered the mysterious state of matter hiding in magnetic materials?