SpaceX Doubles Up

SpaceX successfully launched satellites into orbit for the second time in three days yesterday.

The booster, outfitted with new, virtually indestructible titanium guiding fins, made a successful soft landing.

SpaceX Reboost

SpaceX successfully launched a satellite using a previously used booster yesterday.

The booster was also successfully soft-landed, so it could be used yet again.

Planet 10?

Researchers are postulating yet another large object exists beyond Neptune.

The evidence for the body is the perturbed orbits of a population of Kuiper Belt Objects.

Hawking

Stephen Hawking has once again argued for space colonization, advocating nuclear fusion rockets to reach ten percent of the speed of light.

That could bring Alpha Centaurii within range of human colonists.

Feet To The Fire

UFO researcher Linda Moulton Howe boldly predicted last year that 2017 would see major news regarding aliens.

So far, nothing.

Kepler

According to NASA, Kepler discovered 4,034 exoplanets in its first four years of operation.

Fifty of those are roughly Earth-sized and in their star's habitable zone.

Bezos

Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, is looking for ideas to guide his philanthropic donations.

He can be reached via Twitter.