May 2, 2016 Sunday’s rare supermoon eclipse: What you need to know Stargazers are in for a treat Sunday when a supermoon combines with a lunar eclipse for the first time since 1982.
May 2, 2016 Study: No evidence of advanced alien life in nearby galaxies While a sequel to the 1990s alien invasion flick “Independence Day” is in the works, moviegoers shouldn’t worry about fact following fiction anytime soon. This is according to a new report by the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, which determined that there are no signs of advanced alien life in 93 of our neighboring galaxies.
May 2, 2016 Supermoon lunar eclipse: How science explains the epic night sky event This month's highly anticipated "supermoon eclipse" may be a magical treat for skywatchers, but there's nothing supernatural about the event.
May 2, 2016 NASA releases dramatic new Pluto images NASA has released more stunning images from New Horizons’ historic flyby of Pluto, which show icy mountains, fog, and the dwarf planet’s landscape dramatically backlit by the sun.
May 2, 2016 European astronaut uses 'the Force' to control rover from space Demonstrating one small step for rover operations, a European astronaut successfully maneuvered a machine on Earth in precision operations from his perch 248 miles high on the International Space Station.
May 2, 2016 Enormous moon hangs over medieval castle in epic photo An epic moon hangs over the medieval Portuguese village of Monsaraz in a new twilight photograph.
May 2, 2016 NASA releases stunning new Pluto images NASA has released the latest images from New Horizons’ historic Pluto flyby, which reveal the dwarf planet’s stunning range of surface features.
May 2, 2016 Alien oceans' glint could reveal habitable water worlds The bright glint of alien oceans may be visible from afar, allowing astronomers to flag potentially habitable exoplanets.
May 2, 2016 This photo of Saturn's moon Dione crossing the planet is simply jaw-dropping An icy moon of Saturn hangs against the face of its giant parent planet in a breathtaking new image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
May 2, 2016 How would the world change if we found alien life? In 1938, Orson Welles narrated a radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds" as a series of simulated radio bulletins of what was happening in real time as Martians arrived on our home planet.
