“POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ASTEROID” HAS “ZERO” CHANCE OF HITTING EARTH
Earth is expected to get an interstellar pregame show on Super Bowl Sunday as large asteroid is scheduled to pass relatively close... Read More
RUSSIAN SOYUZ BRINGS THREE-MAN CREW TO SPACE STATION
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian commander, a NASA flight engineer and a Japanese physician-astronaut docked with the International Space Station early... Read More
DOES “SUPERVOLCANO” UNDER YELLOWSTONE HAVE PLANET-KILLING POTENTIAL?
With so much talk lately about asteroids and biblical doomsday predictions, scientists are saying that people worried about the end of the... Read More
MOON DUST COLLECTED BY NEIL ARMSTRONG TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION
Moon dust that Neil Armstrong collected during the first lunar landing was displayed Thursday at a New York auction house, a symbol... Read More
HOW NASA PLANS TO KNOCK ASTEROIDS HEADING TOWARD EARTH OFF COURSE
Since one of the biggest asteroids to strike Earth nearly 65 million years ago, our planet has been unarmed until now. On... Read More
AUGUST SOLAR ECLIPSE MAY BE MOST VIEWED EVER
On August 21, 2017 the moon will pass between the Earth and the sun, casting a shadow that will race across the... Read More
SPACEX CHALKS UP SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH, LANDING AFTER TWO-DAY DELAY
Running two days late because of stormy weather, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket shot away from the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, boosting... Read More
NASA’S NEW MARS ROVER CONCEPT VEHICLE, INSPIRED BY SCIENCE AND HOLLYWOOD
It’s been more than 40 years since the Viking One landed on Mars and sent back the first images from the red... Read More
SPACEX LAUNCHES SECOND SATELLITE IN JUST 14 DAYS
Under a clear sunset sky, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaked into space Monday, boosting a heavy Inmarsat communications satellite into orbit... Read More
NASA RULES OUT CREW ON FIRST FLIGHT OF SUPER ROCKET
NASA managers have ruled out putting a crew on board an Orion capsule atop the agency’s huge Space Launch System rocket for... Read More