Mars Could Pass Through Comet Tail Next Year
Comet might even hit the planet
Could go back to work this weekend
Connects with International Space Station after dealing with technical problems
Computer failure will delay work for at least a week
Annihilated in an interplanetary shock wave
Probiotic molecules observed via telescope
Will carry food, tools and science experiments on rocket
All expenses paid, natch
Dennis Tito wants to launch the mission in January 2018
Currently no plan in place to deal with hunks of space rock
Opposition led campaign sees Morsi leading in votes by Egyptians in an online contest for Axe
190 light years away, 14+ billion years old
The rock's name is John Klein. Seriously.
96 percent of the universe in the dark
If the Higgs-like particle is a Higgs boson
Looking for a piece of history and a possible pay day
Now, that's an Earth-shattering "kaboom"!
Could collective action be the answer anyway?
You can thank a high accident rate for those great meteor images
Three would make a trend
Starting at 2pm ET; closest approach by asteroid at about 2:25pm
Asteroid 2012DA14 coming within 20,000 miles of Earth this afternoon
Likely ejected by the black hole at the center of the galaxy
Will miss by 17,150 miles, closer than many satellites
Will get closer to Earth than satellites in geosynchronous orbit
26,000 light years "close" for scientists
Despite reports to the contrary
It's not even a planet anymore though
"Democratizing" space exploration, scientist says. But what about monetizing it?
Possible, then, to direct toward Earth too, right?
Feeling lonelier even as it gets more crowded
But will the core worlds leave them alone?
Curiosity's mission on the red planet continues
Comet Ison is to be the brightest comet in generations
Will come within geosynchronous satellite orbit but no chance of a hit according to scientists