2nd of May 2013 18:11 GMT
When he's not shooting photos of onions floating in space, astronaut Chris Hadfield has equally spectacular things to capture, like the Moon viewed through the thin Earth atmosphere before a low Earth orbit dawn. Sunrises are gorgeous enough down on the ground; from space they're even more spectacular. Had...
8th of April 2013 10:52 GMT
There have been rumors about a supposed NASA plan to capture an asteroid and drag it to a moon orbit. But now, that plan is becoming (almost) official, with one US senator confirming that a portion of NASA's budget for next year will be set aside for the mission. NASA is said to be spending $100 million, €...
1st of April 2013 10:58 GMT
Kerbal Space Program, a multi-genre game in which the players have to create their own space project, is the best-seller on Steam for Linux. Kerbal Space Program is a game that's part of the “Early Access Game” initiative. Developers can sell their games, while they are still in development, and the...
13th of March 2013 05:58 GMT
Joe Got Game, the new studio created by industry veteran Joe Ybarra, is asking gamers to contribute to the Kickstarter project for a new game called Shackleton Crater, which will allow players to colonize the South Pole of the Moon. The game will use strategy mechanics and will give all those interested a one hundre...
4th of March 2013 02:36 GMT
On March 2, the researchers in charge of operating the Mt. Lemmon Observatory in Arizona managed to pin down a new asteroid which appears to be roughly the same size as the meteorite which caused widespread panic in Russia's Chelyabinsk region only a few weeks ago. The specialists who first caught a glimpse at...