There are many reasons that we may not have received radio communications or a visit from aliens yet. While the Drake Equation satisfies the idea that life is in fact common in the universe, it is also spread out very far and possibly brief in nature, possibly explaining the fact why we haven’t met an [...]

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday reaching orbit 9 minutes later. The new rocket-type is privately owned and it may in the future carry NASA astronauts to orbit. “This has been a good day for SpaceX and a promising development for the US human space flight programme,” said Robyn [...]

The recent discoveries of planets in distant solar systems has led to a deeper understanding of how solar systems could evolve. When finding a new planet, one of the most obvious things to look for is its movements, how its orbit look like and at what speed does it travel. This can tell us things [...]

Mimas picture gallery. Mimas closely resembles the Death Star in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, which is also said to be several hundred kilometers in diameter.

Big Bang, black holes, CERN, Large Hadron Collider news. One of the greatest experiments in our history. Big Bang theory video.

China will launch their first space station Tiangong-1 (Heavenly Palace) in 2011 and it will dock with a Shenzhou-8 spacecraft in orbit around the Earth in 2011.

Robonaut 2 – Next Generation Robot by NASA and GM. Robonaut 2 news and press release.

List of Top 10 Diseases: Worst Killers in History. Most dangerous diseases and death statistics. Plague, Smallpox, Influenza, Malaria, Measles, AIDS, Ebola, Tuberculosis, Cholera, Tetanus.

NASA Puffin is a Real Jetpack. The engineers at NASA have combined every one of our geeky transportation dreams into a single little vehicle called the Puffin.

Asteroid Apophis is expected to pass close to the Earth in 2029 and again in 2036. Russian scientists are preparing to boldly go where no man has gone before, except for the team of Bruce Willis in Armageddon movie.