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Big UFO hearing in Congress today
Congress will hold the first UFO hearing in over 50 years today, May 17. It will be the first such hearing since Project Blue Book.
May 17, 2022
Friday the 13th comes once in 2022
The calendar seems to have a life of its own when it comes to Friday the 13th and number play. Happy Friday the 13th!
May 13, 2022
SpaceX might be back on target with Starship in Texas
SpaceX Starship ready to fly in May? An optimistic tweet in March from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk – expressing hope...
May 11, 2022
‘Hobbits’ among us? An anthropologist says maybe
A professor of anthropology says a population of Homo floresiensis, nicknamed Hobbits, believed extinct for 50,000 years, may still exist in Indonesia.
May 1, 2022
How Pluto got its name
Eleven-year-old Venetia Burney named Pluto for a god of the underworld. The name also honored Percival Lowell, the pioneering astronomer.
May 1, 2022
Deborah Byrd to speak at Texas Star Party
Deborah Byrd, founder of EarthSky, will be giving a talk at the Texas Star Party on April 28, 2022. It will livestreamed on Facebook and available on YouTube.
April 27, 2022
International Dark Sky Week is April 22 to 30
Celebrate dark night skies and limit light pollution by raising awareness with International Dark Sky Week, April 22 to 30, 2022. Find global events here.
April 22, 2022
A new message to the stars? Beacon in the Galaxy
Scientists are planning a new message to the stars. The scientists would send binary code in radio waves of math, physics, our DNA, solar system and more.
April 21, 2022
Moon habitat project: Can we cope with the loneliness of space?
A simulation of a moon habitat in the Arctic shows how future lunar dwellers might cope with the psychological effects of extreme isolation.
April 10, 2022
Ax-1 with 1st all private crew reaches ISS
Ax-1 with the 1st all-private astronaut team ever flown to the International Space Station arrived at the ISS on April 9. The astronauts will conduct research during their stay.
April 8, 2022
