With the picture-perfect launch of the pioneering SELENE lunar exploration probe from a Mitsubishi H-IIA rocket, Japan has made a stunning return to space while answering China's bold challenge. Includes one of the coolest launch videos you'll ever see. picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

Women may crib about their long tiring work hours but according to a survey, the truth is that they work just 10 minutes more than men each day and sleep more than men do. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

NASA is in hope that its double explosion on the surface of the moon will reveal the hidden water ice. The rocket will smash into the moon's craters at a speed of 2.5 km per second. The impact will raise 1,102 tons of moon fragments and dust. picked by maxriter 9 months ago

The science fictional invisible man is a step closer to reality now that U.S. and European scientists have created a way to bend light around objects. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft, launched from Earth just over a year ago, is heading for a close encounter with the giant planet Jupiter. "Jupiter's just a waypoint to take us to our ultimate destination, which is, of course, the planet Pluto."

The pass will provide the first close-up look at Jupiter and its moons since the Galileo mission, which reached the planetary system in 1995. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

How cool would it be to have your name on board the spacecraft that discovers the first known Earth-like planet beyond our solar system? Well, here's your chance. NASA today announced an opportunity for anyone to submit their name to be included on a DVD and rocketed into space as part of NASA's Kepler Mission, scheduled to launch in February 2009 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

It may look like an intriguing star constellation far away in space, but these lights are actually far closer to home. These images shows cities at night as viewed by the International Space Station. picked by AutumnLotus 3 weeks ago

Companies are now getting wise and banning Youtube and Myspace. An estimated 75% of workers use Youtube for up to an hour a day at work. Amazing.

Im posting this from work right now. lol picked by muppetmaker 9 months ago

On April 12, 1961, the Soviets launched a 27-year-old fighter pilot named Yuri Gagarin on the world's first piloted space mission. picked by suebe 2 years ago

Students from OSU's Radiation Physics Laboratory built and successfully launched a cosmic radiation detector this summer that, carried by a helium-filled balloon, reached 104,000 feet in altitude. The detector recorded radiation levels at the varying altitudes -- information that will be used by NASA to develop instrumentation for space flight. picked by Dork 4 months ago

China, the third country to put a man in space on its own rocket, aims to send a probe to Mars in 2009. picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

NASA scientists have found a way to make giant space telescopes out of moondust. They unveiled plans today to mix lunar soil with a chemical hardener to make a light-collecting mirror more than 50 metres wide. picked by maxriter 6 months ago

Researchers say a waterless concrete made entirely from moon dust can be used to build structures on the moon, which would reduce the amount of materials that would have to be shipped there to establish permanent bases. picked by Wingnut 2 months ago

NASA is testing an underwater robot in one of Earth's deepest sinkholes in a first step toward searching for life on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Spaceward Foundation launched a 2007 Beam Power Challenge competition where the teams could compete to build a Space Elevator. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

It's not just families that are getting together this Thanksgiving week. The three brightest objects in the night sky — Venus, Jupiter and a crescent moon — will crowd around each other for an unusual group shot. Look in the southwestern sky around twilight — no telescope or binoculars needed. The show will even be visible in cities if it's a clear night. picked by AutumnLotus 1 week ago

Despite funding uncertainty, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) is on track to return humans to the moon by 2020 and set up a lunar outpost to serve as a springboard to explore Mars, officials said. picked by 2manyusernames 12 months ago

The UK's largest ever space rocket will be unveiled to the public on Tuesday 1 July. picked by Bornbad 5 months ago

Nasa teaches you how to build a rocket. Real rocket science. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Ancient gravitational interactions with Venus and Jupiter could help explain some quirks about our moon's orbit. Scientists think Earth's only natural satellite was born when a rogue Mars-sized object struck a young and still molten Earth. The collision created a disk of debris around Earth that eventually coalesced to form our moon about 4.5 billion years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago