June 20, 2018 Newt Gingrich: Trump will make America great in space again with these historic advances This week has shown how serious and determined the Trump-Pence team is about launching America into a new era of leadership in space – and ensuring our dominance there for generations to come.
June 20, 2018 NASA unveils bold new plan to protect Earth from asteroids NASA unveiled its plan to protect Earth and predict the chances for a threat from a near-Earth object (NEO), outlining five goals, including enhanced detection and improved modeling.
June 20, 2018 Trump's 'space force': Pentagon tackles call to create 6th military branch President Trump’s order for the Pentagon to establish a “space force” was met with everything from confusion and doubt to amazement and excitement -- not to mention more than a few Star Wars-themed memes and tweets.
June 20, 2018 Space 'dumpling' looms into view as spacecraft prepares for asteroid rendezvous The “dumpling-shaped” asteroid Ryugu is looming into view of Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft as it prepares to rendezvous with the space rock.
June 20, 2018 Astronaut Mark Kelly blasts Trump's Space Force plan, calls it 'a dumb idea' Retired NASA astronaut Mark Kelly has lambasted President Trump's proposal to create a Space Force, saying the Air Force already does the tasks Trump is talking about and labeling the plan a "dumb idea."
June 20, 2018 Trump orders establishment of 'space force' as 6th branch of military Speaking at a meeting of the National Space Council, Trump ordered the Pentagon to immediately establish a national “space force” that would become the sixth branch of the armed forces.
June 19, 2018 Mysterious Mars rock formation explained - and it doesn't involve UFOs The cause of a mysterious rock formation on Mars that NASA deemed "an enigmatic pile of eroding sediments" and UFO hunters strongly believe is an extraterrestrial spacecraft was likely caused by volcanic activity on the planet billions of years ago, researchers say.
June 19, 2018 This flying space droid wants to make friends with astronauts The world's first flying, autonomous, artificially intelligent (AI) astronaut assistant will soon get to work in space.
June 18, 2018 NASA's Curiosity rover takes stunning selfie during massive dust storm on Mars NASA's Curiosity rover has taken an incredible selfie image during an "unprecedented" massive dust storm on Mars.
June 18, 2018 Weird low-light bacteria could potentially thrive on Mars An international team of scientists has found that a strange type of bacteria can turn light into fuel in incredibly dim environments.
