I previously mentioned the upcoming Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds exhibit at EMP Museum, but yesterday I actually got to check it out ahead of its opening this weekend, May 21st. Read More
Why settle for your local gallery when NASA is offering to include your artwork in an exhibition out of this world? NASA is looking for original artwork that captures the essence of exploration. They are going to put it all together and shoot it off to an asteroid. And YOU are invited to add your… Read More
I know we’re a self-selected group here in Nerdland, but which of us hasn’t wondered about what it’s like to be in space, live in space, and work in space? Regardless of your generation, there were important, space-related events that happened during your formative years. Sputnik. Yuri Gagarin. Alan Shepherd. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (and don’t forget Michael Collins). Skylab. Sally Ride. Challenger. Mir. Columbia. The International Space Station. SpaceX. Future-oriented people look toward space. Read More
Remembering the Challenger’s last mission, and what it means to us thirty years later. Read More
GeekGirlCon just held their fifth annual convention here in Seattle, WA. GeekGirlCon is all about celebrating women and their contributions across the sciences, technology, arts, and gaming. Read More
GeekDad had a rare opportunity to speak with world-famous astronaut, author, actor, and activist Buzz Aldrin about the recent excitement surrounding Mars, the future of space exploration, and the final days of his “Get Your Ass To Mars” t-shirt campaign. Read More
Today we talk about the planets in our solar system (and include Pluto), send our friend Gabby well-wishes, and then play with blocks and our imaginations, and finally we briefly talk about one of our favorite Disney films, Robin Hood. Read More
It’s one of the most familiar scenes from the Star Wars saga. Luke, realizing he is probably doomed to a mundane career of moisture-farming, takes his teen tantrum outside into the twilight, and stares wistfully at the two suns setting over the Tatooine horizon. And yet, just how strange is it to imagine a planet with two suns instead of just one? Read More
From a crowd-funded moon rocket to an LED mixing stick for perfect cocktails, the new gadget projects on Kickstarter this week are amazing! Read More
Check out GeekDad’s top 7 technologies that wouldn’t be possible without NASA’s research. Read More
Watch live: A new NASA New Horizons press conference starts at 2pm ET, and will likely reveal new, and more remarkable, images from the flyby of Pluto. Read More
NASA released the best image of Pluto we’ve seen so far. We really feel like we know the planet now, because it’s obvious: Pluto is Arrakis (from ‘Dune’). Read More
Walter White and Bugs Bunny may be the unofficial mascots of New Mexico, but it’s visionaries like Richard Branson, Elon Musk, and the folks at Spaceport America that are taking a left turn at Albuquerque and turning the empty deserts they find there into the Cape Canaveral of the Southwest. Read More
Remembering Ed White’s historic spacewalk, 50 years later. Read More
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s ‘StarTalk’ makes a disappointing debut in late night, but there is enough to bring me back next week. Read More
History is cool, and your kids’ curiosity about it can lead to some wonderful things. Read More
Watch the latest launch from SpaceX live online at 1:15pm PDT today! Read More
The ‘Infinite Worlds of Science Fiction’ exhibit opened last weekend at the EMP Museum here in Seattle. I was lucky enough to attend the press preview, and it certainly does not disappoint. Read More
Can you use Pi to solve these problems from NASA’s JPL before Pi day this Saturday? Read More
The Dawn spacecraft entered the orbit of the dwarf planet Ceres, located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, at around 10am ET this morning. Read More
The newest mission post for an expedition to the International Space Station was revealed, and it’s a wonderful homage to Star Wars. It made me go digging, and I’ve discovered that this is no anomaly. Read More
Scientists have crunched the numbers, and their conclusions could change our view of the solar system, again. Read More
Tired of singing about your confusion as to what stars are–when you know exactly what they are and why they twinkle? Try this new version instead! Read More
Professor Tyson weighs in with his opnion on the esteemed theorist and subject of the movie The Theory of Everything. Read More
Earlier today NASA successfully tested the Orion capsule, designed to take astronauts beyond low Earth orbit. Read More
The launch was scrubbed yesterday, but we’re feeling good this time around. Watch the livestream above and see what’s happening with the launch of NASA’s next-generation space capsule. Read More
I’ve already watched this a few times. It’s so beautiful, and it so effectively visualizes pieces of the futures we all know from some of our beloved science fiction series. Read More
You may have heard the amazing news last week that the European Space Agency successfully landed a probe on a comet. This week as part of its “Think Wednesday” programming, PBS will broadcast To Catch a Comet, an hour-long, in-depth documentary about the the mission and how the ESA managed to land the Philae lander on an icy rock hurtling through space. Read More
We’re actually a ways off from the actual landing, which won’t happen until tomorrow morning – final confirmation of the landing is expected at 8:03am Pacific Time. But if you’d like to spend the next 20-odd hours immersed in a very cool space experience, try tuning into the European Space Agency’s livestream. Read More
There’s an eclipse today, visible over most of North America. Here in the SF Bay Area, it’s about to start, and in my option there’s no better reason to get up and out of my cubicle and go outside. Read More
