http://space.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-09-14T15:40:28Z Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:40:28 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://space.about.com/b/2012/09/30/could-warp-drive-one-day-be-reality.htm <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/h/space/1/H/3/O/1/WarpDrive.jpg" alt="" width="500" /></p> <p>It has captured the imaginations of science fiction fans the world over - the possibility of traveling to distant worlds in the blink of an eye - but it has remained little more than fantasy.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/b/2012/09/30/could-warp-drive-one-day-be-reality.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://space.about.com/b/2012/09/30/could-warp-drive-one-day-be-reality.htm Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:32:33 +0000 2012-09-30T20:32:33Z http://space.about.com/b/2012/09/14/video-of-the-curiosity-descent-and-landing.htm <p style="text-align:center"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/space/1/0/i/N/1/Curiosity.jpg" alt="" width="500"/></p> <p>Several weeks ago the internet watched in awe as the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/od/mars/a/Mars-Rover-Curiosity.htm">Mars rover Curiosity</a> completed its journey to the surface of the red planet.</p> <p>Now, as it begins the next phase of its mission, to search out evidence of here life may have formed, if at all, video is starting to emerge of its plunge through the atmosphere.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/b/2012/09/14/video-of-the-curiosity-descent-and-landing.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://space.about.com/b/2012/09/14/video-of-the-curiosity-descent-and-landing.htm Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:40:28 +0000 2012-09-14T15:40:28Z http://space.about.com/b/2012/08/26/passing-of-neil-armstrong.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/space/1/0/S/g/ksc-69pc-0318.jpg" alt="" width="200" align="right" />The world lost a great hero on Saturday. Astronaut <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/od/astronautbiographies/a/Biography-of-Neil-Armstrong.htm">Neil Armstrong</a> passed away at the age of 82.</p> <p>His death came somewhat suddenly, arising from complications with a cardiovascular procedure.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/b/2012/08/26/passing-of-neil-armstrong.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://space.about.com/b/2012/08/26/passing-of-neil-armstrong.htm Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:23:05 +0000 2012-08-26T20:23:05Z http://space.about.com/b/2012/08/10/perseid-meteor-shower-peaking-this-weekend.htm <p>The Perseid Meteor shower is peaking this weekend. So if you are out and about in the evening hours, be sure to check it out.</p> <p>Of course, the best viewing is to be had under dark skies, away from bright city lights.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/b/2012/08/10/perseid-meteor-shower-peaking-this-weekend.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://space.about.com/b/2012/08/10/perseid-meteor-shower-peaking-this-weekend.htm Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:25:59 +0000 2012-08-10T21:25:59Z http://space.about.com/b/2012/08/08/awesome-time-lapse-video-of-veritas-operating.htm <p><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/47127288" width="300" ></iframe></p> <p>A few months ago I was out in southern Arizona observing on the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/od/telescopesandoptics/a/VERITAS.htm">VERITAS experiment</a>. While there a colleage and good friend of mine, Daniel Gall, set up his camera to capture the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/od/astronomydictionary/g/Gamma-Rays.htm">gamma-ray</a> observatory in action.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/b/2012/08/08/awesome-time-lapse-video-of-veritas-operating.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://space.about.com/b/2012/08/08/awesome-time-lapse-video-of-veritas-operating.htm Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:06:48 +0000 2012-08-08T18:06:48Z http://space.about.com/b/2012/08/06/curiosity-lands-safely-on-martian-surface.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/space/1/0/2/O/1/FirstCuriosityImage.jpg" alt="" width="200" align="right" />There has been a lot of talk in the last couple years about the future of the manned space program. Of course, the highlight of the discussion is the possibility of a <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/od/mars/a/The-Mars-500-Experiment.htm">manned trip to Mars</a>.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/b/2012/08/06/curiosity-lands-safely-on-martian-surface.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://space.about.com/b/2012/08/06/curiosity-lands-safely-on-martian-surface.htm Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:53:23 +0000 2012-08-06T16:53:23Z http://space.about.com/b/2012/07/31/andromeda-galaxy-on-collision-course-with-milky-way.htm <p style="text-align:center"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/space/1/0/z/N/1/AndromedaCollision.jpg" alt="" width="500"/></p> <p>A team with the Hubble Space Telescope have now confirmed what has long been suspected: The <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/od/Galaxies/a/The-Andromeda-Galaxy.htm">Andromeda Galaxy</a> is <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/od/Galaxies/a/The-Milky-Way-And-Andromeda-Galaxies-On-Collision-Course.htm">on a collision course</a> with the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/od/Galaxies/a/The-Milky-Way-Galaxy.htm">Milky Way</a>.</p> <p>Now before you begin making travel arrangements to the other side of the Universe, you should know that this is not going to happen for another 4 billion years.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/b/2012/07/31/andromeda-galaxy-on-collision-course-with-milky-way.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://space.about.com/b/2012/07/31/andromeda-galaxy-on-collision-course-with-milky-way.htm Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:49:53 +0000 2012-07-31T20:49:53Z http://space.about.com/b/2012/06/30/the-colorado-fires-from-space-and-some-summer-reading.htm <p style="text-align:center"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/space/1/0/y/N/1/ColoradoFires.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>I'm actually out in the Colorado Springs area visiting family for a week, and it certainly hasn't been the visit that we planned.</p> <p>As you are probably aware, wild fires have sprung up across the state and some of them have resulted in the loss of life and homes.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/b/2012/06/30/the-colorado-fires-from-space-and-some-summer-reading.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://space.about.com/b/2012/06/30/the-colorado-fires-from-space-and-some-summer-reading.htm Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:27:18 +0000 2012-06-30T17:27:18Z http://space.about.com/b/2012/06/09/venus-transit-images.htm <p style="text-align:center"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/space/1/0/u/N/1/VenisTransitClose.jpg" alt="" width="500" /></p> <p>Unless you had a solar filter handy, you may have missed the transit of <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/od/venus/a/Venus.htm">Venus</a> across the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/od/sunsol/a/The-Sun.htm">Sun</a>. Unfortunately, if you did your next opportunity won't be for another 105 years.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/b/2012/06/09/venus-transit-images.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://space.about.com/b/2012/06/09/venus-transit-images.htm Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:42:09 +0000 2012-06-09T14:42:09Z http://space.about.com/b/2012/05/31/are-dark-matter-and-dark-energy-real.htm <p style="text-align:center"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/space/1/0/X/G/1/20091211.jpg" alt="" width="500" /></p> <p>It sounds like a bit of mumbo-jumbo doesn't it? "Hey, we can't explain our data, so we're going to make up stuff to make our equations work. What to call it? Uh, how about <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/od/deepspace/a/What-Is-Dark-Matter.htm">Dark Matter</a>. Oh, we need more? Ok, the other stuff is, uh, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/od/deepspace/a/What-It-Dark-Energy.htm">Dark Energy</a>."</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://space.about.com/b/2012/05/31/are-dark-matter-and-dark-energy-real.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://space.about.com/b/2012/05/31/are-dark-matter-and-dark-energy-real.htm Thu, 31 May 2012 22:01:22 +0000 2012-05-31T22:01:22Z