January 13, 2015 One-third of Americans believe in UFOs, survey says A new survey finds that 80 million Americans, or 36 percent of the population, believe UFOs are real. One in 10 respondents say they have personally witnessed an alien spaceship. And if aliens were to invade, 65 percent said President Obama would handle the invasion better than Mitt Romney.
January 13, 2015 What do declassified 'UFO' documents say about alien life? Alien spacecraft and little green men remain elusive figures in the latest trove of official UFO files released July 12 by the United Kingdom government.
January 13, 2015 'Invisible UFOs' fill the skies Thanks to zealous alien hunters doggedly scanning the sky with night-vision cameras, a new class of flying objects that only emit infrared light has emerged from the darkness. Are they spies from the great beyond?
January 13, 2015 Curiosity rover touches 1st Martian rock NASA's Mars rover Curiosity reached out and touched a Martian rock with its huge robotic arm for the first time, then took off on its longest Red Planet drive to date.
January 13, 2015 Amateur astronomer maps Jupiter's moon Ganymede An amateur astronomer has created the first-ever homemade brightness map of Jupiter's huge moon Ganymede in a magnificent display of how non-pros can contribute to astronomy.
January 13, 2015 Alone on Mars, Curiosity Rover watches partial solar eclipse NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has snapped stunning shots of a brief partial solar eclipse on the Red Planet, capturing images of the tiny Martian moon Phobos crossing the face of the sun.
January 13, 2015 Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo makes history with 1st rocket-powered flight A private spaceship designed to carry space tourists made its first rocket-powered test flight Monday, reaching supersonic speeds as it paved the way toward commercial flights in the near future.
January 13, 2015 Nuclear fusion rocket could reach Mars in 30 days Nuclear fusion, the energy source that fuels the sun and other active stars, could one day propel rockets that allow humans to go to Mars and back in 30 days, researchers say.
January 13, 2015 Flash reported in East Coast sky consistent with meteor shower, NASA says Social media sites are buzzing with reports of a flash of light streaking across the sky along the U.S. East Coast.
January 13, 2015 3 astronauts return to Earth after 144-day mission to space station A Soyuz space capsule carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts has landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan, returning the three men to Earth after a 144-day mission to the International Space Station.