Earth & Space

The average distance between the Earth and the Moon is 238,555 miles. Enough to theoretically fit every planet in our solar system in end to end, with about 4,990 miles to spare.

The TRV's specific purpose is speedy shipping back and forth between Terra Firma and Terra Sky-a.

It was January 4, 2004 when NASA's Spirit set down on Mars and took some incredible images of it's surroundings, including the image featured in this post.

Once in a while an article will catch our attention and force us to think, this article from Gizmodo is such an article, how would gravity be different if the world were a cube?

Say hello to Kepler-78b AKA Earth's evil twin. Kepler-78b is the first Earth-sized planet discovered outside our solar system with a rocky type composition...but it's quite different from our planet.

When it comes to terrestrial travel, Virgin Galactic wants in on the action and this time they're not just talking about sending billionaires in to space.

After 8 years NASA's Deep Impact comet-hunting mission has been terminated. The mission to hunt comets was concluded when NASA determined that the probe had reached the end of its lifeline.

The Epsilon Rocket makes news for a number of reasons but costing a measely $37 million to launch is one of them! The Japanese rocket, Epsilon, launched from South-West Japan at 2pm local time. The rocket is headed in to space to launch a telescope in to the Earth's orbit where it will keep an eye on our neighboring planets.

NASA's Voyager 1 has become the first man made object to leave the solar system and fans of cosmic exploration are going nuts! After 36 years and a 12 billion mile-long journey, NASA researchers agree that the Voyager 1 has finally left the solar system!

This week saw the launch of LADEE by NASA! The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer launched on Friday at 11:27 EDT. The LADEE is on a mission to explore the atmosphere around the moon and to take a closer look at the dust that is seen emanating from the moon's surface.