NASA Says Earth to plunge into Darkness in December- The Truth

The internet is all abuzz with claims that the head of NASA Charles Bolden stated he wants the world to remain calm, but there will be three days of darkness…

Rocket Explosion on Wallops launch pad 10/28/14

Orbital Antares Rocket Explodes During Wallops IIS Launch

Approximately six seconds after liftoff an Antares rocket appeared to stall and fall back to the launchpad where it exploded at the Wallops Island launch facility. The International Space Station…

Dark River on Sun

Dark River on Face of the Sun

The sun has been awash with activity recently with X Class events, flares and an extremely active sun spot which has cause a significant increase in space weather and alerts….

Wallops Antares

ISS Antares Resupply Launch Monday Oct.27 View-able from NE U.S.

UPDATE – Launch was scrubbed due to a boat down range . The new launch time is now Tuesday night at 6:22 p.m. Managers for Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Virginia,…

Comet Sliding Spring

Comet Siding Spring During Mars Flyby Picture

This composite Hubble Space Telescope image captures the positions of Comet Siding Spring and Mars in a never-before-seen close passage of a comet by the Red Planet, which happened at…

Mars Comet Flyby

Watch Live: Comet C/2013 A meets planet Mars on Virtual Telescope

Watch Live Feed from the Virtual Telescope HERE! The Comet and the Planet: comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring meets planet Mars” – 19 Oct. 2014, 16:45 UT, 12:45 EST. Related:…

Mars Comet Flyby

Mars Satellite Fleet has Front Row Seat for Comet Viewing

(NASA) – The extensive fleet of science assets, particularly those orbiting and roving Mars, have front row seats to image and study a once-in-a-lifetime comet flyby on Sunday, Oct. 19. Comet C/2013…

WASP-43b

Hubble Makes Most Detailed Map Yet Of Exoplanet

(NASA, STSci) – A team of scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have made the most detailed global map yet of the glow from a planet orbiting another star, revealing…