March 31, 2016 ISS astronauts are about to take delivery of an inflatable room Part inflatable room and very small part bouncy castle, the International Space Station (ISS) is about to take delivery of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM for short.
March 30, 2016 Did an asteroid slam into Jupiter? If something slams into Jupiter and two strangers a thousand miles away from each other film it, does it count?
March 29, 2016 Scientists attempt to regain contact with Japan's malfunctioning Hitomi satellite The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is attempting to regain contact with its malfunctioning Hitomi astronomy satellite.
March 29, 2016 Planet discovery fuels interest in mythical world of deep space When astronomers at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena announced in January that they’d discovered a giant planet in our distant solar system, they ignited a frenzied debate over whether it was really out there, far beyond Neptune.
March 27, 2016 China removing thousands from homes to hunt for aliens In what would make for a decent episode of The X-Files, the Chinese government is forcing more than 9,000 residents from their homes in order to better search for alien life in the cosmos.
March 26, 2016 'Embryo' planet plowed into Earth, creating moon ... and stayed Scientists already know that roughly 4.5 billion years ago planet Earth was violently smacked into by another mass—Theia, a so-called "planetary embryo" that was still forming and may have been just as large as Earth.
March 25, 2016 China speeding up its plans to land on the 'dark side of the moon' In what AFP says will be "a first for humanity," China will be landing a probe on the so-called "dark side of the moon" two years earlier than planned, per state media.
March 25, 2016 Saturn's moons may have formed during the reign of the dinosaurs Saturn’s icy moons, as well as its famous rings may only be hundred million years old, suggesting they formed during the reign of many dinosaurs.
March 25, 2016 Stargazers have a chance to see bright green comet next week When scientists started tracking Comet 252P/LINEAR, they figured it would pass Earth without a trace.
March 24, 2016 Massive, orbital laser blaster could defend against asteroid threats Could a “Deathstar” someday defend Earth against incoming threats from space?
