The incredible underwater pyramid in Japan you don’t know about [Video]

When you ask most people where they think that you can find pyramids the typical answer will be, of course, in Egypt; or if they are particularly knowledgeable they might also mention the the Ican ruins. What ... continue

A ‘monster rocket’ to take man beyond the moon is unveiled by NASA [Video]

NASA might have been told to leave the near-earth stuff to the Russians and private companies but that doesn't mean that it still doesn't have its orders to explore beyond our moon, so while the shuttle has ... continue

The space shuttle may be dead but space exploration isn’t

[caption id="attachment_126567" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Hubble Images: Dawn's Target - Asteroid Vesta"][/caption] While I personally lament the closing of the space shuttle program I revel in the fact that there are still some really cool things that NASA is ... continue

NASA’s awesome animation of the next Mars Rover in action

NASA's previous Mars Rover exceeded all expectations, living and discovering long past the time that they were expected to. The Opportunity rover landed on Mars in 2004 and kept exploring until 2011 until it finally quit sending ... continue

We humans are capable of greatness [Video]

Originally posted to reddit I found this excellent video via Geeks are Sexy and it might not be an official NASA commercial but damn, it should be. Take the three minutes needed and enjoy. [embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY59wZdCDo0[/embed] continue

Crowdsourcing space exploration

Space the next frontier; or the frontier that you and I can help explore today courtesy of a new site I found out about earlier today called Spacehack.org. As Ariel Waldman called it today in her announcement ... continue