Despite the vagaries of international law, no matter what a slick business person tells you, there is no land for sale on the Moon. NONE!

As you know, I'm obsessed about the Fermi Paradox. Where are all the aliens? But an even stranger question is: where are all the robot aliens?

Check out my new book "Night Sky with the Naked Eye" that explores all the wonderful things you can see in the heavens without any special equipment.

The first Antares rocket liftoff in nearly two years is now being targeted for Oct. 13 on what is sure to be a dazzling nighttime leap from NASA's Virginia launch base - and potentially offering a thrilling skyshow to millions of US East Coast spectators, if all goes well.

Before the historic Apollo-11 mission sent the first astronauts to the Moon, several robotic missions were mounted to the lunar surface as well.

Discovered in the late 18th century, Cepheid Variable stars have become an important tool for measuring the size of the Universe.

Missing Jove? The largest planet in our is currently on the far side of the Sun, and just passed solar conjunction on September 26th, 2016. October now sees Jupiter slowly return to the dawn sky. Follow that gas giant, as an interesting set of double shadow transits transpires in late October leading in to early November.

The first of the massive fuel tanks that will fly on the maiden launch of NASA's SLS mega rocket in late 2018 has completed welding at the agency's rocket manufacturing facility in New Orleans - marking a giant step forward for NASA's goal of sending astronauts on a 'Journey to Mars' in the 2030s.

The Schiaparelli lander will attempt it's landing on Mars in 15 days. Will it succeed, or join the long list of failed Martian landing attempts?

In the wake of the explosion that destroyed SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket in September, investigators are looking into possibilities other than a simple technical failure

Black holes are the most impressive objects in the Universe, but when happens when they crash into each other is absolutely mind-bending. They distort space and time itself, sending ripples out into the Universe.

There's been plenty of talk about crewed missions to Mars happening in the next few decades. So when exactly will humans set foot on Mars?

Located in the direction of Sagittarius, approximately 10,000 light years from Earth, is the beautiful Small Sagittarius Star Cloud (aka. Messier 24)

Developed near the turn of the century, CubeSat technology has made space exploration and orbital research a lot more accessible.

In about 4 billion years, the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide. Known as a galactic merger, this process is actually quite common in our Universe.

During the early Space Race, both the American and Soviet space programs conducted tests flights using animals. In the Soviet's case, this include the famous "space dogs".