February 23, 2020 'Mad Mike' Hughes, 64, homemade-rocket daredevil, killed in mishap A self-styled daredevil died Saturday after a rocket in which he launched himself crashed into the ground, a colleague and a witness said.
February 21, 2020 What is a new moon? The new moon is the first lunar phase, which leaves Earth’s natural satellite in shadow.
February 21, 2020 New moon on deck: What you need to know The next new moon will occur on Feb. 23. Here is what you need to know.
February 21, 2020 Water spotted in Jupiter's atmosphere The largest planet in the Solar System, Jupiter has a treasure trove of information for astronomers to research and observe. A new study states that the gas giant also contains water in its atmosphere.
February 21, 2020 Alien planet is on its way towards the 'edge of destruction' Experts have been closely watching an exoplanet that is so close to its star, it may well be on the "edge of destruction."
February 21, 2020 Avi Loeb: What's causing mysterious radio bursts in space? Don’t rule out any options yet, including aliens As scientists, we should be humble and not be guided by prejudice but by evidence. After all, if we expect the future to resemble the past we will never discover something new.
February 21, 2020 What should we do if a 'planet-killer' asteroid takes aim at Earth? If a giant object looks like it's going to slam into Earth, humanity has a few options: Hammer it with a spacecraft hard enough to knock it off course, blast it with nuclear weapons, tug on it with a gravity tractor, or even slow it down using concentrated sunlight.
February 20, 2020 5 African-American groundbreakers in the US space program “Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier,” scheduled to air Monday on the Smithsonian Channel, examines the race to get black astronauts into the heavens while fighting for human rights on Earth.
February 20, 2020 Epic NASA photograph shows International Space Station crossing the moon NASA has revealed a gorgeous image of the Moon, Mars and the International Space Station.
February 20, 2020 NASA astronaut Fred Gregory recounts historic missions, eyes America’s space future In 1989 astronaut Fred Gregory made history when he became the first African American to command a NASA mission, but he paid little attention to the headlines that he made.