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.
May 9, 2018 This alien world is the 1st cloudless exoplanet ever discovered In a first, an international team of scientists has discovered an exoplanet with no clouds.
May 9, 2018 Breakthrough listen launches new search for E.T. across millions of stars Breakthrough Listen, a $100 million project designed to seek out potential signals from intelligent extraterrestrial life, took a giant leap forward Monday (May 7) with a new campaign to search for life in the cosmos faster than ever before.
May 9, 2018 SpaceX set to debut newest Falcon 9 Rocket: 'Block 5' SpaceX is set to debut the latest, most advanced version of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket this Thursday (May 10).
May 8, 2018 Northern lights shine over Michigan's Mackinac Bridge Bright green colors reflected off the Straits of Mackinac – the waterway that flows under Michigan's Mackinac Bridge, connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron – as the Northern lights paid a welcome visit to the area over the weekend.
May 8, 2018 Stephen Hawking's search for aliens gets a boost The late professor Stephen Hawking was certain there was intelligent life lurking in the universe.
May 8, 2018 NASA testing planes that will quietly break sound barrier NASA is working to make quiet supersonic commercial travel a reality. The technology could reduce travel time, allowing people to travel from New York to Los Angeles in under three hours.
May 8, 2018 Jupiter in opposition: Planet will appear bigger, brighter on Tuesday You won't need binoculars to catch this shiny display: Jupiter will be at its biggest and brightest Tuesday night.
May 8, 2018 Bound for Mars, world's 1st interplanetary Cubesats phone home Two tiny satellites that just launched on a historic mission to Mars have phoned home for the first time.
