NASA's Kepler Mission has confirmed the first planet in the "habitable zone" of a Sun-like star. Kepler-22b is just one of 54 planets reported by the Kepler Mission as of last February. A habitable zone planet is a planet that [...]
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Happy Carl Sagan Day!
Today, November 9th marks what would have been scientist and author Carl Sagan's 77th Birthday. Sagan was a brilliant man who made science accessible to millions of people with the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which he [...]
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Sci-Fact: First Image of a Black Hole Devouring a Star
This is the first image ever captured of Galactus a black hole, consuming a star. What you are seeing is the cosmic jet from a super massive black hole eating a sun like it's a pan of General Tso's chicken [...]
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Through the Wormhole Season 2 Finale: What Do Aliens Look Like?
Tonight the SCIENCE channel (the channel recently replaying Firefly, bless em) will air the season 2 finale of its Morgan Freeman-narrated Through the Wormhole, and the title has us hooked: “What Do Aliens Look Like?” Totally up our alley. This will [...]
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Kevin Costner’s WATERWORLD Invention May Be Solution To Gulf Oil Spill
Kevin Costner is the eco-warrior of the day as he may have the solution for the continuously gushing oil spill in the Gulf. This disastrous leak resulted from the April 20th explosion and fire aboard British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon rig. [...]
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Star Wars Invades The Southeast – The Force Comes To Huntsville Alabama
Between June 24th and September 6th, The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama will be hosting Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, an exciting exhibition featuring more than 80 costumes, models and props from all six Star Wars [...]
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Researcher Names Strange Underwater Flora After Tim Burton
Lately, we’ve seen interesting things being named after celebrities like a treadmill on the International Space Station named after Stephen Colbert, but this honor for director Tim Burton is unique. Bridgette Clarkston, a doctoral student at the University of New [...]
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James Cameron Taking 3D To Spaaaaace!
Director James Cameron (Avatar) has been helping NASA build a 3D camera for the next generation Mars rover dubbed "Curiosity". According to The AP, the plan for a camera had actually been scaled back due to budget concerns, until the [...]
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Live Stage Show At Kennedy Space Center
CBS Consumer Products and Mad Science are bringing an interactive stage show to the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex near Orlando, Florida called Star Trek Live: Starfleet Academy. The show will debut on June 11th, 2010 and will be presented [...]
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Periodic Table Of Sci-Fi Film And Television
The periodic table of the chemical elements (also Mendeleev's table, periodic table of the elements or just periodic table) is a tabular display of the chemical elements. Although precursors to this table exist, its invention is generally credited to Russian [...]
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NASA Is Building A TIE FIGHTER – It’s A Trap!
Astronauts have managed to move the International Space Station's so-called "room with a view" into position. NASA officials say the astronauts had to grapple with a series of challenges to get the job done. The Tranquility module is the [...]
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Science Fact: Explore The Universe – New Trailer For HUBBLE 3D
Through the power of IMAX® 3D, Hubble 3D will enable movie-goers to journey through distant galaxies to explore the grandeur and mysteries of our celestial surroundings, and accompany space-walking astronauts as they attempt the most difficult and important tasks in [...]
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