Editor’s note: Astrobiologists are often focused on how a planet’s life history shapes the life on it and how that life can, in turn, alter a planet’s life history. Life […]
After his historic trip to the moon, Neil Armstrong became close friends with one of the first two humans to summit Mt. Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary. The two historic figures […]
Almost 5 miles above sea level in the Himalayan mountains, the rocky dip between Mount Everest and its sister peak, Lhotse, lies windswept, free of snow. It is here at […]
Several photos were recently sent back to Earth showing the Everest and Apollo 11 Moon rocks that Scott Parazynski took to and from the summit of Mt. Everest Inside the […]
Scientists discover evidence of 187 taxonomic orders from just 20 liters of water collected in one of the Earth’s harshest environments A team of scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation […]
Those of you who are familiar with my writing about space know that I spend a lot of time on exploration and the risks that accompany it. “The Next Everest: […]
As NASA returns humans to the Moon and then heads out to Mars, a new type of astronaut will be required to explore these worlds. Let’s called them “expeditionary astronauts”.
The best explorer autobiographies deal equally with inner and external challenges. In “The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed” Scott Parazynski strikes a perfect balance between […]
As we approach the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, I thought I’d write about how many experiences in my life have intersected with- and have been affected by its legacy. […]
This Envisat Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) reduced resolution image was acquired on 16 October 2004 along the southern rim of the Himalayas defining the edge of the Tibetan Plateau.
