Nov 13 Listen to the ‘song’ of a speeding comet By Margaret Myers The European Space Agency captured the “song” of the comet that was soaring through space at 36,000 mph. ESA detected the sound using several instruments aboard the Rosetta spacecraft, which was speeding alongside the comet. Continue reading
Nov 12 Philae lander successfully touches down on comet in historic cosmic achievement By Sarah Corapi After months of orbiting its target, the Rosetta spacecraft is finally ready to fulfill its mission: landing a probe on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Continue reading
Nov 08 Watch ALMA telescope spots birth of a planet in ‘milestone’ discovery By PBS News Hour Using the ALMA radio telescope in Chile, astronomers were able to capture the formation of a new planet, and scientists are observing it happen more clearly than ever before. Hari Sreenivasan reports. Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch Will rocket accidents slow the business of space tourism? – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch Investigating crash, NTSB considers safety culture of commercial space flight – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch News Wrap: Space tourism rocket crashes, killing co-pilot By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, a test flight for a Virgin Galactic commercial space rocket crashed, killing the co-pilot and badly injuring the pilot. It was the second commercial rocket disaster this week. Also, a seven-week manhunt ended for an… Continue watching
Oct 31 Virgin’s commercial spaceship crashes during test flight By Ruth Tam https://twitter.com/corybe/status/528256432173768704/photo/1 A test flight of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo ended when an in-flight failure occurred on Friday and the aircraft exploded mid-air. The California Highway patrol reported one fatality and one major injury from the accident. Continue reading
Oct 30 Watch Oozy lava and solar cannonballs: Here are two hot spots we can’t extinguish By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch Rocket explosion raises questions about commercial space travel safety By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch Tracking killer comets before they strike By PBS News Hour It's only a matter of time before a big comet or asteroid is on a collision course with Earth. Will scientists discover it, and be able to do something about it, ahead of time? Science correspondent Miles O'Brien talks to… Continue watching