May 3, 2019 Astronaut capsule engulfed by flames SpaceX finally confirmed Thursday its crew capsule was destroyed in ground testing two weeks ago and conceded that the accident is “not great news” for the company’s effort to launch astronauts this year.
May 3, 2019 Antarctic meteorite holds a tiny speck of stardust that's older than the solar system A tiny speck of stardust , hidden within a meteorite from Antarctica, is likely older than our sun — and was catapulted into our celestial neighborhood by an ancient star explosion that predates the formation of our solar system.
May 2, 2019 Buzz Aldrin calls for human 'migration' to Mars: ‘We explore, or we expire’ Buzz Aldrin argued that the U.S. should be working towards “the great migration of humankind to Mars,” as a matter of the “ultimate survival” of humanity, in an op-ed for The Washington Post.
May 2, 2019 Hubble spots giant 'buckyballs' jiggling like Jell-O in space The Hubble Space Telescope recently spied new evidence of a peculiar molecule: wiggly buckyballs, which have intrigued astrophysicists since they were discovered in space nearly a decade ago.
May 2, 2019 Info on UFO sightings not to go public, Navy says The U.S. Navy has drafted new guidelines for pilots and other employees to report “UFOs,” but none of the information will be public, according to a report.
May 2, 2019 During the last lunar eclipse, a meteor smacked the Moon in the face at 38,000 Mph On January 21, 2019, the full moon passed entirely into Earth's shadow and, well, got smacked in the face pretty hard.
May 1, 2019 X-37B military space plane's latest mystery mission passes 600 days The U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane has now been circling Earth for more than 600 days on its latest mystery mission.
May 1, 2019 Astronaut Terry Virts: How Apollo 11 inspired my space journey Terry Virts was just a year old when Neil Armstrong took and Buzz Aldrin took their historic first steps on the Moon. A few years later, the epic Apollo 11 mission sparked a lifelong passion for space in the youngster, laying the foundations for his future career as an astronaut.
May 1, 2019 Black hole spits out high-energy jets at near light-speed A stunning new image reveals two jets of high-energy material being spewed at nearly light-speed from the first-ever photographed black hole .
May 1, 2019 Huge 'God of Chaos' asteroid to pass near Earth in 2029: report A 1,110-foot asteroid will fly past Earth in 2029 within the distance of some orbiting spacecraft, according to reports.
