Researchers report ESO telescope identifies exoplanet which may ‘rain iron’
The journal Nature features some new information from researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) regarding the finding of an extreme planet where they suspect it rains iron. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet More...
Apollo 13 returning to theaters in April for 25th Anniversary
Almost 50 years to the day after the liftoff of the ill-fated 1970 space mission for America’s third Moon landing, director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer’s acclaimed film “Apollo 13” returns to More...
How the Universe Works season 8 kicks off with two-hour special, the threat of the catastrophic asteroid impact
Science Channel’s signature space series is beaming back up after the new year for a new season of out of this world mysteries. HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS returns for its eighth season with a two-hour special on Thursday, More...
YouTuber Mark Rober lands ‘Revenge of the Nerd’ Discovery Channel show, set for 2020
Mark Rober, a former NASA Engineer turned YouTube phenom, is famous for his pop-science and DIY gadget videos – most notably a glitter bomb trap that received viral acclaim, avenging victims of doorstep delivery More...
NASA names Mars rock after Rolling Stones, Robert Downey Jr says it’s a ‘good thing’
For decades, the music of The Rolling Stones has had a global reach here on Earth. Now, the band’s influence extends all the way to Mars. The team behind NASA’s InSight lander has named a Martian rock More...
India set to land on the moon, Chandrayaan-2 entered the orbit, ‘an important step in the landmark journey’
India’s Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Tuesday, moving closer to reaching the surface and becoming the first to land on the south pole. Chandrayaan-2, which means “moon vehicle” More...
Science Channel moves forward with ‘Homemade Astronauts’ a show on DIY rocketeers
Silicon Valley billionaires need not apply. A group of colorful DIY rocketeers are taking their own path to space. A new Science Channel series, HOMEMADE ASTRONAUTS (WT), now in production, will follow three self-financed More...
Discovery and Science Channels to honor 50th Anniversary of Moon Landing with ‘Apollo: The Forgotten Films’
On July 20th, 1969, the world watched Neil Armstrong’s giant leap for mankind, but behind these iconic images is an unseen story. Now, 50 years later, Discovery and Science Channel will celebrate the Apollo 11 More...
Greenland glacier ice growing, which ‘was kind of surprise’ for scientists
A Greenland glacier, which was reportedly the fastest shrinking ice and snow masses on Earth, is growing again, a new NASA study finds. The Jakobshavn glacier around 2012 was retreating about 1.8 miles and thinning More...
1965: Gus Grissom and ‘Gemini 3’ really Launched NASA’s Space Program
Astronauts Young and Grissom walk up the ramp leading to the elevator that will carry them to the spacecraft for the first manned Gemini mission. They wear Gemini G3C intravehicular suits. March 23, 1965 Major Virgil More...
TRANSCRIPT: President Trump’s 2019 State of the Union address
President Donald Trump’s second formal State of the Union address on Tuesday night used a theme of “Choosing Greatness.” Trump: Thank you very much madam speaker, vice president, members of Congress, More...
Mysterious and Unusual Blast ‘The Cow’ Studied with NASA Telescopes
A brief and unusual flash spotted in the night sky on June 16, 2018, puzzled astronomers and astrophysicists across the globe. The event – called AT2018cow and nicknamed “the Cow” after the coincidental More...
Citizen Scientists Find New World with NASA Telescope
Using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, citizen scientists have discovered a planet roughly twice the size of Earth located within its star’s habitable zone, the range of orbital distances where More...
California’s wild fires grow, death toll rises to over 30, Gerard Butler shares photo of destroyed Malibu home
The Camp Fire burning near Chico, California is now the single most destructive and third-deadliest fire in state history as the death roll rose to 31 on Sunday with the discovery of six more bodies. Check More...
New study: Global warming linked more to air pollution than greenhouse gases
In a recent article in the Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International, Transdyne Corporation geoscientist J. Marvin Herndon makes the claim that climate scientists, including the UN’s More...
Global Warming roundup: The questions after the IPCC report
After the IPCC report, global warming critics continue to ask the same questions, attacking the science of projecting temperature and weather decades, even centuries into the future. Anthony Watts writes: “…it’s More...
‘First Man’ highlights the feat of reaching the moon, overcoming tragedy
For most fans of historical space films, The Right Stuff and Apollo 13 rest in their own special category. Film critics will push audiences to believe that First Man belongs in an elite group, something spectacular More...
FEMA urges Floridians to prepare as Hurricane Michael heads towards panhandle
Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center predict life-threatening storm surge and extremely high winds could occur with Hurricane Michael’s landfall. Michael is expected to be a dangerous major hurricane More...
NASA launches satellite to ‘measure the ice of Earth’s frozen reaches with unprecedented accuracy’
NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) successfully launched from California at 9:02 a.m. EDT Saturday, embarking on its mission to measure the ice of Earth’s frozen reaches with unprecedented More...
NASA issues infrared look at Hurricane Florence
All eyes were on Hurricane Florence Wednesday as the Category 3 storm barreled toward the U.S. East Coast. NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument was watching, too, and captured new imagery More...
