Watch this now: This is why we need 4K iPhones and Android phones
A lot of people probably aren’t recording a lot of 4K videos with their smartphones, particularly if they only have a measly 16GB of storage …
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NASA offers its patent portfolio to start-ups with no up-front payment required
While most people tend to view NASA solely in the context of space exploration, the famed government agency also has a surprising number of inventions …
Forget ‘The Martian’ for a second, we actually have a plan for going to Mars
Yes, The Martian is a great space movie because it depicts events that seem very real while building suspense and peppering everything with snarky remarks. Without …
Pluto has gorgeous blue skies and frozen red water, new imagery reveals
Pluto is still as inhospitable for human life as Mars is, but the distant planet we’ve just begun exploring better than ever before might look …
Major breakthrough: NASA finds evidence of ‘flowing water’ on Mars
Is there life on Mars? It’s a question mankind has been asking at least since David Bowie sang about it in the early ’70s. One …
NASA is developing a space shotgun to shoot asteroids
NASA does so many cool things, but this might be its coolest project yet. The New York Post brings us word that a Brooklyn company called …
NASA just announced a 4K TV channel
Because there weren’t enough bombshell announcements this week already, NASA revealed on Friday that it is planning to launch an Ultra HD TV channel in North …
NASA posts amazing New Horizons Pluto flyby video on Instagram
After one space aficionado created a gorgeous timelapse video a few weeks ago that showed us NASA’s entire New Horizons’ Pluto mission fly by in 16 seconds, the space …
NASA confirms we won’t all be killed by an asteroid next month
What do you do if you’reNASA and have to fight off a crazy rumor that says the planet will be hit Armageddon-style by an asteroid …
Timelapse video shows NASA’s entire New Horizons Pluto mission fly by in 16 seconds
Mankind reached an impressive milestone in mid-July when flew a spacecraft by Pluto and snapped the best pictures of the dwarf planet the world has ever …
NASA captures super-rare photo of a red sprite from outer space
Scientists use the term “red sprite” to describe an incredibly short but powerful electrical burst that occurs directly above active thunderstorms. Astronomy blogger Jason Major …
The best times to watch the Perseid meteor shower tonight
The Perseid meteor shower is at peak visibility this week, which means it’s your best time to check it out without the need for a telescope. …
UFOlogists are freaking out over this NASA pic of a supposed Martian woman
The truth is out there… but you probably won’t find it at UFOlogist websites. Mashable draws our attention to an article posted over at UFO Sightings Daily …
Astronauts are finally eating vegetables grown in outer space
NASA announced a few days ago that astronauts on the International Space Station will for the first time get a taste of lettuce that wasn’t …
See Pluto up close in the highest quality NASA pics yet
Seeing Pluto up close and personal has certainly been one of the highlights of 2015, but as NASA noted earlier this month, the initial images …
NASA: This planet could be ‘Earth 2.0’
Wow. NASA on Thursday announced the discovery of a planet that could be the first found outside our solar system capable of sustaining human life. …
You’ve never seen the Earth like this before
Over the past few weeks, Pluto has dominated the headlines. It took nearly a decade, but the New Horizons probe finally reached Pluto on July 14th, …
Watch live: New Horizons spacecraft reaches Pluto
It took us over nine years to travel more than 3 billion miles through space to reach the farthest planet in our solar system, but we finally made …
We’re Running out of Water
It’s not happening today or tomorrow, but we’re slowly running out of water, new NASA data shows. Looking down at the planet using its GRACE satellites …
This solar flare captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory is positively stunning
If you weren’t aware, NASA likes to keep a close eye on everything that’s happening in our solar system. Occasionally, the phenomena they observe are too …
How to watch live as NASA’s orbiter approaches dwarf planet Ceres at 1PM EST
Looking for something to do this afternoon? Why not watch history be made as NASA’s Dawn spacecraft approaches the dwarf planet Ceres — the largest …
Watch this mesmerizing timelapse video of Earth in infrared light
We can’t get enough awesome footage of Earth taken from space. Now James Tyrwhitt-Drake has given us yet another jewel in the form of NASA footage that’s …
NASA is launching a wild project to make Venus’s atmosphere habitable
The surface of Venus is not anything close to habitable, since its average surface temperature is around 864 degrees Fahrenheit. But what if we never bothered …
Watch this incredible footage of NASA’s Orion spacecraft launch
NASA took a big step toward bringing people to Mars this week, although it will still likely be at least another 20 years before we …
Watch the jaw-dropping, unseen video of the Antares rocket explosion
Late last month, NASA’s unmanned Antares rocket, filled with 5,000 pounds of cargo intended for the International Space Station, exploded seconds after liftoff. At the time, news sources …
Mystery solved? Scientists think they know why Juptier’s giant spot is so red
One of the more enduring questions that kids ask when they learn about astronomy for the first time is why Jupiter has such a gigantic …
This gorgeous 4K timelapse video of the sun will take your breath away
It’s been an exciting year for incredible videos shot from outer space, as just this week we’re being treated to a live video of scientists’ …
The most incredible supercut of NASA footage you’ll ever see
It’s been a very troubling few weeks for space travel, but in light of the recent tragedies, it’s worth remembering how the bravery of the men …
Amazing video shows NASA astronauts placing a GoPro inside a floating water bubble
GoPro cameras have brought us a lot of incredible footage taken here on Earth this year but now these wondrous little cameras are boldly going into outer …
Horrifying explosion of NASA’s unmanned Antares rocket captured on video
NASA on Tuesday night launched the unmanned Antares rocket, which was supposed to deliver 5,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station, but something …
