Elizondo

Luis Elizondo, former head of the Pentagon's AATIP program, is talking about UFOs.

He argues the U. S. Government needs to take the subject more seriously.

Water

Scientists are now suggesting Earth's water came from "hyperactive comets."

Getting water onto the early Earth is a challenge.

Partners

Japan and the U. S. will cooperate in returning humans to the Moon, it has been announced.

The partnership could put a Japanese astronaut on the Moon.

Meteorites

The oldest collection of meteorites in the world may be on Chile's Altacama Desert.

Some found are over 1 million years old, and a couple are over 2 million years old.

Great Blue Spot

Scientists have found the magnetic field of Jupiter has changed since the 1970s.

Earth's magnetic field changes, too, but the change in Jupiter's seems connected to a feature called the Great Blue Spot.

Great Red Spot

Jupiter's Great Red Spot has been around for at least 400 years, but it may be dissipating.

Astronomers are observing changes in the Spot, including "flakes" and "blades" separating from it.

Scott Carpenter

On this date in 1962, Scott Carpenter launched into space.

He was the fourth American in space and the second to orbit Earth.

UFOs

According to Tucker Carlson, the Pentagon has admitted it's been studying UFOs, or UAP, for years.

UAP stands for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.

BioSentinel

On BioSentinel, NASA will launch living things into deep space for the first time since 1972-- except for stowaway bacteria.

Scheduled for launch next year, the living things will be yeast cells.

Progress

On this date in 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed in France after his solo flight across the Atlantic.

Forty-two years later, on this date, the three astronauts of Apollo 10 were orbiting the Moon.

Herneus

Hermeus is a startup company planning to build a plane capable of flying at Mach 5.

If successful, it could compete with SpaceX' site-to-site BFR flights.

Apollo 10

On this date in 1969, Apollo 10 left for the Moon.

It was the "dress rehearsal" for the first lunar landing.

Supercomputer

The newest, fastest supercomputer in the world will soon be operational.

Spanning continents, it will manipulate immense amounts of data gathered by giant radio telescopes.

Perspective

Walmart reported quarterly revenues of $123 billion this morning.

That's nearly six times NASA's current annual budget.

Artemis

NASA is naming its new lunar project Artemis.

In Greek mythology, Artemis is the sister of Apollo.

Lunar Money

President Trump is asking Congress for an additional $1.6 billion for NASA to put astronauts on the Moon by 2024.

The plan is to land near the lunar south pole, which is emerging as an area of strategic importance.

Milky Way Merger

New research suggests the MilkyWay merged with another galaxy about five billion years ago.

The merger ignited a burst of star formation.

Blue Moon

Blue Origin is developing a large lunar lander that could deliver astronauts to the Moon.

BO says the lander could be ready by 2024.

Antimatter

Physicists have established that antimatter, like matter. expresses as both particle and wave.

That, in turn, says antimatter is also governed by quantum mechanics.

ISS Algae

ISS will soon begin an experiment using algae to produce breathable oxygen.

That would be a big step towards a Mars mission.

Supplying ISS

SpaceX successfully delivered supplies to ISS yesterday.

It was the company's 17th successful supply mission, and second with that specific Dragon capsule.

NoKo Rockets

North Korea test flew missiles over the weekend.

They were the first such tests in months.

UFOs

According to reports, the Pentagon has been studying the health effects of UFO encounters for years.

Also, the U. S. Navy is now encouraging its pilots to report UFO encounters.

Nova

Modern astronomers may have found the remains of a nova observed by Chinese astronomers over 2,000 years ago.

Specifically, the Chinese noted the nova in 48, B. C.

Asteroid Water

Scientists have found water bound in particles of the stony, presumably dry, asteroid Itokawa.

That strengthens the case for water coming to Earth in asteroids.

Lunar Smashup

An asteroid struck the Moon during January's lunar eclipse.

It left a crater 33 to 50 feet across.