UFOs

Pilots, both civilian and military, are still reporting UFO sightings.

The U. S. Government has no explanation, but video and audio evidence is being made public.  That's interesting.

Successful Launch

SpaceX used a recycled rocket to successfully launch Iridium communication satellites this morning.

Iridium plans to bring the Internet to more people.

Tough Water

New research suggests Earth had water before the collision that formed the Moon.

Somehow, the water survived the heat of the blast.

JWST

NASA is delaying launch of the James Webb Space Telescope for a year due to hardware issues.

Launch is now set for 2020.

Phobos 2

On this date in 1989, the Phobos 2 mission failed.

Spectacular successes aside, the Mars system claimed irs share of missions.

Tiangong-1

China's Tiangong-1 space station is expected to fall to Earth this coming weekend.

Exactly where is not yet known.

Curiosity

Curiosity has now been on Mars for 2,000 days.

Its mission was originally to last 90 days.

Scholz's Star

Asttronomers think Scholz's Star came within a light year of the Sun 70,000 years ago.

At that time, both Neanderthals and modern humans roamed.

Red Dwarrf Worlds

A new study has found 15 more exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars.

One could have liquid water on its surface.

TRAPPIST-1

A new study using computer modeling suggests all the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system may be extreme water worlds.

There may be no dry land on any of them.

Mars Oceans

A new study suggests Mars may have had oceans earlier than thought.

However, it also suggests those oceans were shallower than thought.

Rogue Moons

A new study suggests that rogue moons-- moons flung out of orbits around planets-- may be as common as stars.

They may also be flung into interstellar space.

Kepler

Kepler is running out of fuel.  The mission will likely end in several months.

So far, Kepler has found about 2,300 confirmed planet.

Ceres

New studies suggests water is still actively shaping  the surface of Ceres.

It's positive news for future deep space colonization.

Lunar Gateway

NASA is planning the scientific program for the Lunar Gateway outpost.

The outpost should be functional by 2025.

Hawking

Stephen Hawking has died.

He was 76.

UFOs

Tucker Carlson periodically reports on UFOs.

He focuses on reports from U. S, Navy pilots that are backed up by video and radar data, arguing there's a national security issue.

BFR

Elon Musk says SpaceX could begin testing components of the BFR next year.

That would be another step towards Mars.

Fireball

A fireball blazed over the Pacific Northwest Wednesday night.

It fell harmlesslyinto the ocean.

Dust Ring

NASA has detected a huge, complex, asymmetric dust ring around a star.

The gravity of an as yet undiscovered giant planet may be warping the ring.

Jupiter's Poles

The Juno probe has found huge cyclones arranged in clusters that make geometric shapes in the polar regions of Jupiter.

The sheer complexity of the universe is staggering.

Triton Occultation

Astronomers used they occultation of a star by Neptune's big moon Triton to learn more about Triton's atmosphere.

They are still analyzing the data.

WASP-39b

WASP-39b is a Saturn-sized world far closer to its star than Mercury is to the Sun that three times the water that Saturn has.

Planetary formation is still largely a mystery.

Methane

The methane on Enceladus could have a biological origin, a new study suggests.

Earth microbes could possibly survive in the Enceladus ocean.  As a byproduct, they produce methane.

Big Bang Time

What happened before the Big Bang?

According to Stephen Hawking, there was no "before."  Time started with the Big Bang.

Proxima b

A new study suggests Proxima b may have been blasted by a superflare from its parent star last year.

Such flares would probably destroy all life on a planet.

New Moon Theory

A new theory suggests the Moon actually formed before Earth.

It represents a new take on planetary formation.