Astronomy Cast now available via Amazon’s Alexa!
You can now enable the Amazon Astronomy Cast skill on your Alexa enabled device (in the US now, Canada soon)!…
If We Do Hear Signals From Aliens, They’re Probably Long Gone
According to a new study that included the Frank Drake, any alien signals humanity detects will have likely come from…
Weekly Space Hangout: March 14, 2018: Ethan Good, Visiting Vehicles Officer at JSC
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
Stephen Hawking has passed away at age 76
Stephen Hawking passed away on Wednesday morning, March 14th, at his home in Cambridge. He leaves behind a loving family,…
7% of Scott Kelly’s Genes Changed After a Year in Space
The NASA Twin Study, which assessed how spending a year aboard the ISS affected Scott Kelly's health (compared to his…
Hard Not to Get a Little Teary Watching this Video from SpaceX About the Falcon Heavy Launch
In honor of the successful launch of the Falcon Heavy, SpaceX has released an inspiring video of the event that…
James Webb is Enduring its Final Stage of Testing Before it Ships off for Kourou, French Guiana
The James Webb Space Telescope just entered the final phase of integration and testing before being shipped off to French…
Scientists Propose An Asteroid Nuke Mission To Save Earth From Potential Destruction
NASA's HAMMER (Hyper-velocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response) is a plan to protect us from asteroids, either with kinetic…
Carnival of Space #552
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Zain Husain at the Brownspaceman.com blog. Click here to read Carnival of…
Messier 67 – the King Cobra Open Star Cluster
Located between 2610 and 2930 light years from Earth is the King Cobra Cluster (aka. Messier 67), one of the…