August 20, 2019 'Storm Area 51' spurs rural Nevada county to draft emergency plan, approve 2 festivals Before the masses descend on the Nevada desert next month as part of the "Storm Area 51" event, local officials are pulling out all stops to ensure they are able to handle whatever crowds may come.
August 20, 2019 Elon Musk lauds Newt Gingrich's $2B moon competition prize SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave his approval for a plan put forth by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to give a $2 billion prize to the first private company to establish and run the first base on the moon.
August 20, 2019 India eyes Moon landing as Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft enters lunar orbit India's Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft has entered the Moon's orbit, the country’s space agency announced Tuesday.
August 20, 2019 'UFOs' are coming out of black holes and altering galaxies forever: 'It's all very new science' Black holes are still a mysterious force of spacetime, with the first image of one having been released just a few short months ago. Now, a new study suggests that "UFOs" are coming out of them, helping to reshape galaxies along the way.
August 20, 2019 'Evil-genius' neutrino gun could unmask tiniest particles in the universe Neutrinos are perhaps the most underrated particles known to humankind. Physicist, smart guy and smart aleck Wolfgang Pauli first proposed their existence in 1930 as a missing puzzle piece — certain nuclear reactions had more going in than they had coming out. Pauli reasoned that something tiny and invisible had to be involved — hence, the neutrino, which is kind of Italian for "little neutral one."
August 19, 2019 NASA glimpses surface of distant rocky exoplanet Data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has given scientists a first glimpse into conditions on the surface of a rocky exoplanet beyond the solar system.
August 19, 2019 Black hole devouring a neutron star caused ripples in space and time, scientists say A black hole swallowing a neutron star has likely been detected for the first time, according to scientists.
August 19, 2019 Elon Musk still wants to 'nuke Mars' Three years after first proposing the idea, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk again wants to "nuke Mars."
August 19, 2019 Unusual 'fire cloud' caught on camera over Washington State NASA has captured an eerie and rare image of a ‘fire cloud’ caused by a wildfire in eastern Washington State.
August 19, 2019 Elon Musk concerned we have 'no defense' against potential killer asteroid SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that a large asteroid will eventually hit Earth and his concern is that "we currently have no defense" against it.
