Cassini Probe Plunges Into Saturn, Ending A Twenty Year Mission Of Discovery
Ending a mission that began when it was launched nearly twenty years ago, the Cassini probe was sent into Saturn’s atmosphere to perform one final task.
Trump Thanks Putin For Expelling 755 American Diplomats
Donald Trump kowtows to Vladimir Putin yet again.
SpaceX Now One Of The World’s Most Valuable Privately-Held Companies
In a short period of time, SpaceX has become a huge success, as has the commercial space launch industry.
SpaceX Wants To Send Civilians To Orbit The Moon, By The End Of 2018
An ambitious plan to return men to the Moon in less than two years.
Scientists Have Discovered An Entire System Of Earth-Like Exoplanets
A major announcement from NASA in the search for possible life outside the Solar System.
Global Temperatures Set Another Record In 2016
The reality of global climate change made itself evident again in 2016.
Eugene Cernan, Last Man To Walk On The Moon, Dies At 82
One of the few members of a small fraternity of heroes has passed away.
NASA’s Juno Probe Enters Orbit Of Jupiter
NASA’s latest probe has begun a two year mission to study the Solar System’s biggest planet.
SpaceX Successfully Launches Cargo To ISS, Returns First Stage To Drone Ship At Sea
Another historic launch and return by SpaceX.
Astronaut Scott Kelly Returns To Earth After A Year In Space
American Astronaut Scott Kelly is back home after a year in orbit.
The Challenger Disaster, Thirty Years Later
Thirty years ago this week, tragedy struck America’s Space Program.
SpaceX Pulls Off Historic Launch And Return Of Rocket After Delivering Satellites Into Orbit
Last night, SpaceX successfully launched a rocket to the edge of space, deployed cargo, and returned to Earth. A huge and potentially revolutionary accomplishment.
NASA Reports Finding Signs Of Liquid Water On Mars
NASA had a potentially significant announcement today.
New Horizons Flies By Pluto
New Horizons got within just a few thousand miles of Pluto’s surface today, and the data it sends back promises to be amazing.
St. Louis Cardinals Officials Investigated For Hacking The Houston Astros
Cardinals executives were doing a little more than just stealing signs, apparently.
Orion, NASA’s Next Generation Manned Space Vehicle, Has Successful First Test Flight
A wholly successfully first test for NASA’s next generation manned space vehicle.
The End Of Private Industry In Space? Hardly
A pair of accidents has led some to wonder if we are at the end of commercial ventures in space. Clearly, we are not.
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Crashes During Test Flight
Another setback for commercial space ventures, the second this week and this time with tragic consequences.
The Solar Storm That Nearly Destroyed Civilization As We Know It
Just about two years ago, we dodged a bullet. We might not be so lucky next time.
100,000,000 Habitable Planets In Our Galaxy Alone?
A new theory posits that planets capable of supporting life may be far more common than previously thought.
House Science Committee Has Investigated Aliens More Than It Has Investigated Climate Change
Not much science from the Congressional Committees devoted to science.
Putin Refusing To Talk To Obama About Ukraine
It appears what we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.
Apollo 8’s ‘Earthrise’ 45 Years Later
Forty-five years ago today,the world was treated to the first picture of itself from orbit around another planetary body.
Scientists: At Least 8.8 Billion Earth-Size Planets In Milky Way
The earth-like planets are out there, but it’s unclear if the life is.
Neil Armstrong’s Indecipherable Ohio Dialect
The latest theory about what Neil Armstrong said on the moon is based on his boyhood in northwestern Ohio.
