Mars Conference

SpaceX is hosting an invitee-only conference on Mars in Boulder, Colorado, this week.

The company seems to be reaching out to the broader science community in order to strengthen its colonization effort.

Cargo Rockets

The Pentagon is looking at using rockets to deliver badly needed cargo to far-flung places.

Point-to-point transportation is an emerging industry.

Curiosity

Six years ago today, the Curiosity rover landed on Mars.

Since then, it has performed exceedingly well, strengthening the case for life.

Fast Radio Bursts

On July 25, a mysterious signal from space was picked ip.

At least one researcher says alien contact cannot be ruled out.

New Astronauts

NASA introduced its first class of commercial astronauts today.

They will fly the SpaceX Dragon and the Boeing Starliner.

SETI Scale

SETI researchers are developing a scale to tell the public how important a signal they pick up might be.

Zero would be unimportant, while 10 would be extremely important.

Mars

Today, Mars is the closest it's been to Earth since 2003.

It won't be as close again until 2287.