Amy Teitel
The Asteroid Flyby and Russian Meteorite Conspiracy Theories Are Terrible
There's just something about asteroids and meteorites that really brings out the weird beards and sensationalist news reports.
We're Going to Get Buzzed by an Asteroid Tomorrow
Good news for people who enjoy being alive: The world isn’t going to end tomorrow when an asteroid comes close to hitting Earth. But it is going to be one hell of a close shave, coming within 17,000 miles of the planet’s surface.
NASA's Warp Drive
The space agency says faster-than-light travel might be possible. Emphasis on the "might."
There's Big News from Mars, But Don't Believe the Hype Just Yet
Space might be one of the few arenas where a no news becomes news.
Atlantis' Final Crawl Brought the Hardcore Shuttle Huggers
Hanging out with rockstars and hangers-on at Atlantis's last ride.
Laika Died So We Could Travel Space
Khrushchev wanted a launch to correspond with the 40th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution on November 7. Korolev said he could do it and upped the ante. He suggested this second Sputnik carry a dog.
Deconstructing the Aftermath of a Galactic Fight to the Death
Astronomers are treating it like a crime scene, forensically analyzing the splatter for figure out just what happened.
Meet Grasshopper, SpaceX's Bouncy Recyclable Rocket
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that reusing hardware saves money, though rocket scientists are on the recycling mission too. SpaceX is getting on the reusability bandwagon first with its Dragon capsule (it’s designed to be reused, but...