Live: Total Eclipse of the Sun
OK, Tone says we can stay home from work…..you heard it here first….. Ah, the memories….. April 8, 2024, the day of the total solar eclipse. The next occurrence of this specific kind of eclipse MORE
OK, Tone says we can stay home from work…..you heard it here first….. Ah, the memories….. April 8, 2024, the day of the total solar eclipse. The next occurrence of this specific kind of eclipse MORE
Officials in Kaufman County, Texas issued a disaster declaration Wednesday ahead of next month’s total solar eclipse, saying they expect the county’s population to double and for traffic to be a major issue. “This dramatic MORE
As Women’s History Month continues, Astronaut Jeanette Epps made history yesterday as she launched into space with three crew members on a mission to the International Space Station. After two scrubbed launches scheduled this weekend, MORE
Astronomers discovered a quasar, which is the “brightest of its kind” and the “most luminous object ever observed,” using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), a statement said. From Newsweek: Astronomers have MORE
The Quadrantids, which peak during early-January each year, are considered to be one of the best annual meteor showers. This year, they will peak tonight through tomorrow morning, though they are active from mid-December, 2023 MORE
Things are looking up for what promises to be the best meteor shower of 2023. For those who are hoping to get a view of the peak of the Geminid meteor shower overnight tonight, it appears that MORE
The carbon-rich materials in the sample are intriguing because asteroids like Bennu might have seeded Earth with the building blocks for life. The NASA mission that collected the samples was named Osiris-Rex — a shortening of MORE
On Saturday, Oct. 14, the moon will partially block the sun, creating an annular solar eclipse and turning our star into a cosmic “ring of fire.” The “ring of fire” phenomenon will be visible to MORE
. . . .the existence of what appear to be massive and mature galaxies during the universe’s infancy defied expectations – too big and too soon. So scientists were left to question the accepted ideas about the MORE
The tracking of UFO or “unidentified flying objects,” have become the stuff of science fiction, pseudo science and stories of aliens from outer space. Per NPR: While unearthly-seeming sightings in the sky aren’t uncommon, the MORE
According to Space.com, “The Luna-25 spacecraft was supposed to maneuver itself into its final pre-landing orbit around the moon (Aug. 19), ahead of a touchdown attempt on Monday (Aug. 21) or thereabouts. But the probe encountered MORE
“Locating Headquarters U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs ultimately ensures peak readiness in the space domain for our nation during a critical period,” Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement. “It will MORE
“One of the great things about Webb is every time we see a new result we’re all just sitting around the monitors going ‘Wow.’ I mean, it’s really an amazing mission for me when I think about MORE
The most powerful solar storm in nearly six years slammed Earth on March 24, surprising NOAA’s National Space Weather Service with a magnitude not expected. U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, originally issued a MORE
A cash flow cascading from the heavens is a provisionary but promising harvest from asteroid mining. It’s already a “claim jumping” enterprise with assertions that billions, trillions, even quadrillions of dollars are looming in deep MORE
A documentary crew searching the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida for a World War II-era wreckage uncovered a very different historical artifact. While digging in the seabed, crew members from MORE
A northern California man has claimed that his home was destroyed by a meteorite on Friday, after several witnesses reportedly saw a ball of light descending from the sky. “I heard a big bang. I started to MORE
From its perch one million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescopehas peered deep into our solar system to capture images of Neptune. These new views show seven of the distant planet’s 14 known moons, but MORE
Watch live as our mega Moon rocket launches an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a six-week mission around the Moon and back to Earth. During #Artemis I, Orion will lift off aboard the Space Launch System MORE
It’s time to #UnfoldTheUniverse. Watch as the mission team reveals the long-awaited first images from the James Webb Space Telescope. Webb, an international collaboration led by NASA with our partners the European Space Agency and MORE
Grab your binoculars and set your alarm. For the first time in 18 years, five planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — will be sequentially aligned and visible at dawn throughout this month. MORE
55 Million per Passenger The trip was brokered by the Houston, Texas-based startup Axiom Space, which seeks to book rocket rides, provide all the necessary training, and coordinate flights to the ISS for anyone who can MORE
“Along with Ingenuity, intrepid helicopter Wing Man” The rover has racked up a series of accomplishments, including new distance records, as it reaches the end of the first of several planned science campaigns on the MORE
The U.S. government hasn’t comprehensively studied UFOs in decades — but not all ufologists are excited about a new Pentagon investigative office. The U.S. government is finally getting back into the UFO business. And depending on MORE
Oops. Schedule change. NASA said Jan. 1 it would wait a day before beginning the process of tensioning the five-layer sunshield, getting it into its final form and ensuring the layers are separated from each MORE