New: Friday, February 24 2017

NASA monitored this star, named TRAPPIST-1 after the Chilean ground telescope that discovered it and two of the seven planets, for 20 continuous days using their Spitzer Space Telescope. By observing tiny but periodic dips in light from the star ...

Mars could get pretty congested with spacecraft in early 2021 thanks to an emerging global lineup of missions eager to take advantage of a mid-2020 launch opportunity that leverages a favorable alignment between Earth and the Red Planet every 26 .

Aerojet Rocketdyne signed a $1.16 billion contract with NASA to restart production of the RS-25 engines that will be used on future launches of the Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket. The company has been building RS-25 engines since the space ...

IMERG rainfall estimates for the period from Feb. 15 at 00:30 UTC (Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. EST) to Feb. 23 at 23:00 UTC (6 p.m. EST). The initial surge was responsible for bringing part of the rainfall (up to about 2 to 3 inches) was seen over …more ...

NASA has estimated rainfall from the Pineapple Express over the coastal regions southwestern Oregon and northern California from the series of storms in ...

Nasa says TRAPPIST-1 solar system could be teeming with 'exotic' alien lifeforms. Stargazers suggest radiation-proof extraterrestrials are 'thriving under skies of ruddy twilight' on distant worlds. by JASPER HAMILL. 24th February 2017, 10:42 am.

NASA has created a 360-degree video that puts you right smack dab on the surface of one of the newly discovered worlds. Never mind the fact that all we really know, with reasonable certainty, is that the planet in question is about the same size as ...

NASA's Jupiter-circling spacecraft is stuck making long laps around the gas giant because of sticky valves. It currently takes Juno 53 days to fly around the solar ...

In early 2015, the SETI Institute hosted the “OurPluto� naming campaign, which was endorsed by NASA and the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The goal was to prepare a list of potential categories and names for the surface features on Pluto and ...

If you're a fan of the Alien movies, which of the following do you recognize as being in the contemporary standard formula of Alien films? A) A woman in her underwear running to or from aliens. B) A large crew, warned of hostile aliens, breaks down ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson says there's a chance the newly discovered cluster of Earth-sized planets could harbor life, but there's something big (yet small) they haven't told you about. Dr. Tyson told us the science community is ecstatic over NASA's discovery.

UFOS have returned to the rural area, according to independent MLA Gerry Wood.

NASA's announcement of a solar system with Earth-like planets caused speculation about aliens to run rife among the internet. And while TRAPPIST-1 may be 39 light years away, we might not have to look that far to find aliens - they could be in our own ...

Witchcraft related abuse is a very serious problem in African migrant communities in the UK. There is documented evidence that these abuses are linked to activities of African pastors and churches. Unfortunately efforts to address this problem are ...

Recent research out of the University of Helsinki notes that those with supernatural belief systems understand the world less than those without them. The study notes that those with supernatural or paranormal beliefs comprehend the material world less ...

In 1955, before NASA was even NASA, Annie Easley was one of the first African-American mathematicians working in Cleveland at NACA – the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. She started as a “computerâ€� here, went on to get her degree in ...

After the first poster and trailer for Alien:Covenant scared the bejeezus out of us, we expected something equally sinister from the new, four-minute prologue to the movie. But it's exactly the opposite: We get to meet the crew of the colony ship ...

A four-minute prologue for Ridley Scott's next film, Alien: Covenant, hit the web last night, showing off how the film will borrow aesthetically from the original Alien, and ignore its more immediate predecessor, the critically maligned Prometheus. The ...

The extraordinary finding — discovered by astronomers from an international collaboration led by Michaël Gillon from the University of Liège in Belgium, places the search for Earth-like planets and, more spectacularly, the search for alien life, under ...

... by the lightning strike or whether it was using the lightning for its energy. "After the lightning strike, the UFO becomes visible for 30 seconds and illuminates the sky and the surrounding area. "Then a second lightning strike is heard and the UFO ...

Monfort collated sightings recorded by the National UFO Reporting Centre, a US organisation that records sightings worldwide, from the beginning of the 20^th century. And there's been a bit of an upward trend... ufo-peryear2.png. Picture: Sam Monfort.

From strange sightings in the sky to eerie, enigmatic experiences, there are plenty of popular topics on tap at this weekend's UFO/Paranormal Summit, Thursday through Saturday at the Quinault Beach Resort & Casino. Billed as a “research conference ...

OROVILLE, Wash. – Oroville Border Patrol agents arrested six people involved in alien smuggling on Wednesday, February 8. Five illegal aliens from India were apprehended after they crossed the international border separating Canada and the United ...

IAU and New Horizons science team make peace over the names on Pluto's map GeekWire