Air And Space - Page 456

May 11, 2018

NASA and Uber are getting serious about flying cars

Flying cars may not be unique to science fiction for much longer.

May 11, 2018

Shocker: Is Pluto going to become a planet again?

The long-simmering argument about Pluto's planethood has just flared up again.

May 11, 2018

UFO mysteries unraveled: How the ‘real-life X-Files’ emerged from a top secret UK project

A former official at the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence has shed new light on the circumstances surrounding a secret government UFO study that was conducted during the 1990s.

May 10, 2018

Alien shocker: Congress wants to spend millions searching for ET

A climate denier may be the reason the S-word is back in vogue in Congress. Oh yeah, not that S-word, the other one: SETI.

May 10, 2018

SpaceX set to debut 'Block 5' rocket upgrade for satellite launch

SpaceX is set to launch the first Bangladeshi satellite into orbit on an upgraded version of its Falcon 9 rocket Thursday.

May 10, 2018

New NASA chief sees Moon missions building a 'railroad' to Mars

In his first major address as NASA administrator, Jim Bridenstine defended the new agency directive to go to the moon first before voyaging to Mars.

May 10, 2018

Bizarre viral video claims to show 'UFO' sucking energy from a lightning bolt

A bizarre YouTube video posted by conspiracy theory channel SecureTeam10 has gone viral as it purportedly shows a UFO sucking energy from a lightning bolt.

May 9, 2018

UFO intrigue: How the UK dealt with 'real-life X-Files'

The truth is out there … and it’s not from another planet. Previously unseen documents reveal how officials at the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence handled the “UFO mania” of the late 1990s.

May 9, 2018

Ancient, exiled asteroid discovered beyond Neptune

Astronomers have spotted a carbon-rich asteroid in the icy region beyond Neptune called the Kuiper Belt — the first such asteroid ever found exiled from the inner solar system.

May 9, 2018

How the Sun is going to die

The Sun will die in 10 billion years. And when it does, it’s going to blow. What’s left of us will become a billowing bubble of dead starstuff.