Tag: cosmos

New Discovery at the Edge of Solar System Suggests Planet X May Still Be Out There

New Discovery at the Edge of Solar System Suggests Planet X May Still Be Out There

Time lapse photo showing movement On the third episode of the re-tooled COSMOS, Neil deGrasse Tyson took his ship of the imagination to the Oort cloud to discover the origin of comets. He may have to go back. Astronomers have discovered a second dwarf planet orbiting in the far reaches of the solar system, well […]

Posted in: Outer Planets
“Live From Space” to Premier Friday Night

“Live From Space” to Premier Friday Night

It’s difficult to say exactly why this confluence of events occurred, but space exploration’s really good media week continues Friday evening at 8 p.m. EDT with the global premier of National Geographic’s “Live from Space” broadcast event.  Over the course of the two hour show, which will include video from a single 90 minute orbit, […]

Posted in: ISS
Entering COSMOS

Entering COSMOS

1980’s classic PBS series COSMOS rebooted across Fox networks Sunday evening.  Beginning with an introduction by President Obama, and the voice of the late Carl Sagan himself delivering the opening lines from the original episode “the cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be,” a new generation has the opportunity to […]

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