NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Closes as Deadly Hurricane Irma Targets Direct Hit on Florida Forcing Millions to Evacuate
TITUSVILLE/CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA and Air Force officials have ordered the closure of the Kennedy Space Center and Cape…
Exoplanet-Hunting Aliens Could Be Looking at Earth Right Now!
A new study by a team of European astrophysicists has turned exoplanet-hunting on its head by asking "could aliens detect…
X-ray Study Shows Older Stars May be More Supportive to Life
A new study by an international team of researchers indicates that older Sun-like stars emit less harmful X-rays, a finding…
New Study Claims that TRAPPIST-1 Could Also Have Gas Giants
A new study led by researchers from the Carnegie Institute of Science indicates that TRAPPIST-1 could also be orbited by…
Detection of Mineral on Mars Bolsters Argument that Mars was Once Habitable
The discovery of boron on Mars, a key ingredient in the emergence of organic molecules, has bolstered the case for…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 456: Pluto Revisited
This week, we return to our starting point, where Astronomy Cast began: Pluto. 11 years on, we have a whole…
Chinese Astronomers Spot Two New Hypervelocity Stars
A team of Chinese astronomers has just discovered two new hypervelocity stars, a rare type of star that is still…
X-37B Secret Air Force Spaceplane Blasts Off on SpaceX Falcon 9 as Monster Hurricane Irma Threatens Florida Peninsula
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Amidst the frenzy of ‘Sunshine State’ preparations for Cat 5 monster Hurricane Irma and quite…
Second Fastest Pulsar Spins 42,000 Times a Minute
Thanks to a team of researchers from the Netherlands, who used the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), the second fastest-spinning pulsar…
Secret X-37B Military Mini-Shuttle Set for SpaceX Blastoff/Landing Sept. 7 as Cat 5 Hurricane Irma Forces Florida State of Emergency – Watch Live
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Although its far from sunny in the so called ‘Sunshine State’ the secret X-37B military…