NASA

SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) recently announced that a radio signal detected by their satellites that originated from a star system 95 light years away show signs of possibly being from a Kardashev Type I, or maybe even a Type II, civilization...

I grew up with a long standing fascination of space. Obviously as a kid, it was initially with Star Trek and Star Wars. But my parents fostered that interest by teaching me about the guys who actually went to space. John Glenn was long a hero of mine, and I was really excited in middle school when he went back into space and they basically stopped school for us to watch as he became the oldest man

The Mars Close Approach is currently in process, and you may have caught a nice bright view of Mars last night. But the fourth rock from the sun, and possible attacking planet if that 1996 documentary Mars Attacks! wasn't completely made up (I've got our intern researching that as we speak), is set to make a bigger, brighter appearance on May 30th...

I had an opportunity early this morning to view the Perseid Meteor Shower.

High definition camera's have been mounted on the outside of the International Space Station and are streaming live video from outer space.

There is scheduled to be a total lunar eclipse tonight April 15. This begins a Tetrad of eclipses, four in all, over the next two years.

Yahoo News reported earlier this week that the mysterious min-shuttle X-37B landed safely in California after a year in space.  Funny thing is no one knows exactly what the mission of the X-37B was and the Air Force isn't telling.