SpaceX Wants To Send Civilians To Orbit The Moon, By The End Of 2018

An ambitious plan to return men to the Moon in less than two years.

Scientists Have Discovered An Entire System Of Earth-Like Exoplanets

A major announcement from NASA in the search for possible life outside the Solar System.

Global Temperatures Set Another Record In 2016

The reality of global climate change made itself evident again in 2016.

Eugene Cernan, Last Man To Walk On The Moon, Dies At 82

One of the few members of a small fraternity of heroes has passed away.

John Glenn, First American To Orbit Earth, Dies At 95

Godspeed, John Glenn.

NASA’s Juno Probe Enters Orbit Of Jupiter

NASA’s latest probe has begun a two year mission to study the Solar System’s biggest planet.

SpaceX Successfully Launches Cargo To ISS, Returns First Stage To Drone Ship At Sea

Another historic launch and return by SpaceX.

Astronaut Scott Kelly Returns To Earth After A Year In Space

American Astronaut Scott Kelly is back home after a year in orbit.

The Challenger Disaster, Thirty Years Later

Thirty years ago this week, tragedy struck America’s Space Program.

SpaceX Pulls Off Historic Launch And Return Of Rocket After Delivering Satellites Into Orbit

Last night, SpaceX successfully launched a rocket to the edge of space, deployed cargo, and returned to Earth. A huge and potentially revolutionary accomplishment.

NASA Reports Finding Signs Of Liquid Water On Mars

NASA had a potentially significant announcement today.

New Horizons Flies By Pluto

New Horizons got within just a few thousand miles of Pluto’s surface today, and the data it sends back promises to be amazing.

St. Louis Cardinals Officials Investigated For Hacking The Houston Astros

Cardinals executives were doing a little more than just stealing signs, apparently.

1965 in Photos

The Atlantic’s Alan Taylor has 50 photos from 50 years ago.

Orion, NASA’s Next Generation Manned Space Vehicle, Has Successful First Test Flight

A wholly successfully first test for NASA’s next generation manned space vehicle.

The End Of Private Industry In Space? Hardly

A pair of accidents has led some to wonder if we are at the end of commercial ventures in space. Clearly, we are not.

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Crashes During Test Flight

Another setback for commercial space ventures, the second this week and this time with tragic consequences.

The Solar Storm That Nearly Destroyed Civilization As We Know It

Just about two years ago, we dodged a bullet. We might not be so lucky next time.

100,000,000 Habitable Planets In Our Galaxy Alone?

A new theory posits that planets capable of supporting life may be far more common than previously thought.

House Science Committee Has Investigated Aliens More Than It Has Investigated Climate Change

Not much science from the Congressional Committees devoted to science.

Putin Refusing To Talk To Obama About Ukraine

It appears what we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.

Apollo 8’s ‘Earthrise’ 45 Years Later

Forty-five years ago today,the world was treated to the first picture of itself from orbit around another planetary body.

Scientists: At Least 8.8 Billion Earth-Size Planets In Milky Way

The earth-like planets are out there, but it’s unclear if the life is.

OTB Caption Contest Winners

The Have A Blast Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over.

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Neil Armstrong’s Indecipherable Ohio Dialect

The latest theory about what Neil Armstrong said on the moon is based on his boyhood in northwestern Ohio.

A Hole In The Sun