August 19, 2020 Pickup truck-sized asteroid flew within 2K miles of Earth on Sunday and NASA didn't see it NASA may have updated its plan to protect the planet from asteroid strikes, but a space rock the size of a pickup truck zipped past the planet at a distance of approximately 1,830 miles on Sunday, the closest ever recorded. And the space agency didn't see it until after it happened.
August 18, 2020 SpaceX launches, lands Falcon 9 rocket in 6th flight, breaking records SpaceX on Tuesday launched its Falcon 9 rocket for a record-breaking sixth flight before successfully landing the vehicle on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
August 18, 2020 Small plane crashes into Connecticut home, 2 injured A small plane crashed into a Connecticut home late Monday night while people were inside.
August 17, 2020 NASA passes 'big milestone' on way to Mars as Ingenuity helicopter powers up NASA surpassed a "big milestone" on its latest mission to Mars, as the space agency was successfully able to power up the helicopter attached to the Perseverance rover, known as Ingenuity.
August 17, 2020 Pentagon's UFO announcement is 'exciting,' raises 'controversies': expert The Pentagon's announcement establishing a task force to "detect, analyze and catalog" unidentified aerial phenomena is a welcome addition in the now very public search for UFOs, albeit one with its own controversies, according to one expert.
August 16, 2020 The universe will end in this way, at this time, researcher says It's not expected to happen anytime soon, but one scientist has calculated when the universe will end.
August 16, 2020 Experts believe Neptune and Uranus 'primarily' composed of water NASA has proposed a mission to visit Neptune's moon, Triton, which could have an ocean capable of supporting life. In the interim, researchers are looking at the "water" on both ice giants, Neptune and Uranus.
August 16, 2020 Massive lava tubes on Mars and the moon could be home to life, researchers find Lava tubes under the surface of both the moon and Mars are large enough to be the homes of planetary bases as humanity further explores the cosmos, a newly published study suggests.
August 15, 2020 Pentagon launches task force to investigate 'unidentified aerial phenomena' The Pentagon announced Friday that it has established a new task force to investigate reports of "unidentified aerial phenomenon" following several incidents that have been observed by the U.S. military.
August 13, 2020 'Milky Way look-alike' galaxy found 12B light-years from Earth Astronomers have found a "Milky Way look-alike" galaxy in deep space, 12 billion light-years from our own, according to a new study.Â