December 2, 2016 Star of Bethlehem may not have been a star after all, scientist says The famous Star of Bethlehem may not have been a star at all, but an extremely rare planetary alignment, according to a University of Notre Dame professor.
December 1, 2016 Russia: Space cargo ship malfunctions, crashes in Siberia An unmanned Russian cargo space ship broke up in the atmosphere and crashed over Siberia on Thursday en route to the International Space Station due to an unspecified malfunction, the Russian space agency said.
December 1, 2016 Researchers figure out what's hurting astronauts' vision One serious drawback for astronauts who spend long periods in space is that they often return to Earth with degraded vision, and a new study may have pinpointed the problem.
December 1, 2016 Buzz Aldrin in 'good spirits' in New Zealand hospital Trailblazing astronaut Buzz Aldrin is being treated for fluid in his lungs at a hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand following an evacuation from the South Pole.
December 1, 2016 Astronaut legend Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole tourist expedition Buzz Aldrin is best known for being the second man to walk on the moon.
November 30, 2016 Huge underground ice deposit on Mars is bigger than New Mexico A giant deposit of buried ice on Mars contains about as much water as Lake Superior does here on Earth, a new study reports.
November 30, 2016 Columbia, SC eyes solar eclipse bonanza 2 minutes and 36 seconds of complete darkness, that’s what will have millions flocking to Columbia, South Carolina next year to view the once in a lifetime transcontinental solar eclipse.
November 30, 2016 NASA X-ray tech could enable superfast communication in deep space New technology could use X-rays to transmit data at high rates over vast distances in outer space, as well as enable communications with hypersonic vehicles during re-entry, when radio communications are impossible, NASA scientists say.
November 30, 2016 Alpha Centauri gets a new moniker as 227 star names are clarified "Alpha Centauri" is getting the boot. The longstanding star name has been displaced by its ancient counterpart in a new International Astronomical Union (IAU) catalog that designates 227 official names for different stars in the sky.
November 28, 2016 Adopt a piece of space junk, get its tweets as it flies overhead The jury may be out on intelligent extraterrestrial life, but this we know: We are not alone.
