Intergalactic Planetary!

Visit the solar system and see the planets at any given time from yester-year until the day after tomorrow! Learn fantastic and fun facts about the universe! All from the comfort of your own desk!

Blast off with The Solar System Scope! 

Half a Penny...

What cost the universe?

Fly Me to the Moon...

In contemplation of the moon landing, on this date in 1969...

The leap from a pair of haphazard brothers in a field to the moon was as if nothing, when standing next to the span of man's dawn until his first strides into the 20th century. And yet, in that one small step for man, more was covered in the age of his knowing than all of his days before. And before him the horizon of his potential; a future that, at once, would be so beautiful, and yet so terrifying.

To those who came before, and those still to follow; "thank you"!

Failure to launch: Neil DeGrasse Tyson on where Science gets derailed in America

Personal hero, and all around amazing science guy Neil DeGrasse Tyson

bends our ear for a couple hours about science

in America and its possible futures.

At two hours, plus a Q&A session, it's a little long, sure.

But, I promise you, it's well worth the watch.

Mercury rising!

Just in case you didn't know, there's a satellite

- the first, EVER - currently orbiting Mercury.
It's getting some amazing pictures.

Welcome to Cecil Field spaceport!

You spin me wrong round, like a rouge planet, round round round round...

Large gas giant found going the wrong way in its orbit.

One small step for a man...

So, with not much fanfare, today marks the fortieth anniversary of, arguably, the greatest moment in human history.

On this day in 1969 Armstrong and Aldrin where the first men on the moon.

If you're familiar with the history of the original space race, then you know what it took to get there in just eight short years. If you're not, I suggest you read up on it. It is an epic tale.

There's so much that can be said about this historic moment; human triumph, tragedy, and the awe inspiring tale of human ingenuity, and all that. And, yes, I could lament the sad condition of today's space age... or lack there of.

But today I think I will put aside all my trivial problems and concerns for a few minutes and really reflect on the significance of that moment. How, only a few decades after figuring out how to glide on air, we punched through our atmosphere and stepped foot on another terrain.

Today I salute the men and women who took us there, and opened the door to a whole new, and very large, world. We may not have chosen to walk through it, but thanks for showing us the door!

NASA has put together an interesting sound file

of radio transmissions from Saturn

that the Cassini probe has been picking up since 2002.

Reminds me a lot of Music from the Galaxies by Dr. Fiorella Terenzi;

described as Carl Sagan meets Madonna (Well, she is a brainy and hot science nerd!)

Circling the cosmic drain, together...

While I'm sure it'll still be a long time before

ESP controlled robots help us navigate them like a freeway tunnel,

it's still interesting to observe them coming together.

Fly me to the moon...

Well, at least there's one good thing coming out of Washington;

we're going back to the moon!

Total eclipse of the heart...

Ever wonder what it looks like

when the Sun is eclipsed by the Earth?

It's alive! Alive!

And we know because we can see it farting.

Shuttle missions can quack you up...

Whether following the Endeavour mission,

or looking for lost ducks,

it's never a dull day for NASA.

Beeeeeerrsssss.... Innnnnnn.... Sppppaaaaaacccee..

Figures the first beer brewed from barley grown

in the International Space Station would be Japanese.

R.I.P. Phoenix; you'd shown us so much.

After running two months more than planned,

NASA has declared Phoenix, the Martian probe, dead;

after falling silent for over a week.

Good bye little adventurer on your big quest.

Cue the big synth organ!

I don't know what deserves the comment; the fact we picked up a signal,

or the fact that no one has reported it... until now?!

NASA's new test recruits dead tired on job.

Great, just great... I smell a new Zombie movie theme coming.