August 6, 2018 4.46 billion-year-old meteorite flew around in space before Earth was born Approximately 4.5 billion years ago, the catastrophic explosion of a massive star, a supernova, caused an immense cloud of cosmic dust and gas to come together and form our solar system. But exactly how the planets were built remains somewhat of a mystery to scientists.
August 6, 2018 Mineral never seen on Earth found inside Russian meteorite Gold hunters in southern Russia might have been disappointed to learn that the speckled, yellow rock they uncovered was not a sizeable pebble of valuable metal. Instead, it was a rare piece of space-borne rubble containing a new mineral that had never before been seen on Earth.
August 3, 2018 Air Force remains silent after huge meteor hits near US military base A meteor hit the earth and exploded with 2.1 kilotons of force last month, but the US Air Force has made no mention of the event.
August 3, 2018 We need to keep looking for aliens, scientists tell senators Four scientists made the case yesterday (Aug. 1) to a panel of senators that Congress should continue to fund NASA's search for life beyond Earth.
August 3, 2018 Radio telescope picks up new frequency in space Canada’s new radio telescope has picked up a mysterious signal from deep in space with a frequency so low, it’s never been detected before.
August 3, 2018 NASA names nine 'American hero' astronauts for SpaceX, Boeing missions NASA has announced the nine astronauts that will crew the test flights and first missions of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
August 3, 2018 Mysterious 'Super Earth' planet 'most likely' candidate to host life - but there's a huge problem A "Super-Earth" planet that's one-and-half-times the size of our own has emerged as the most likely candidate to support alien life.
August 3, 2018 This distant planet is one of the best places to search for alien life WE have discovered 3663 (and counting) planets around distant stars. About 50 are in the ‘Goldilocks zone’ which supports liquid water. A new study has whittled the number believed habitable down to just three.
July 31, 2018 Life on Mars: Amazing models reveal what it could look like If you’re looking forward to the time when humans can decamp to the Red Planet, you’ll be happy to know that NASA is envisioning what those Martian habitats might look like—and the results are incredible.
July 31, 2018 Who discovered Mars, anyway? A look back at the history of the Red Planet Who discovered Mars?
