Space News
Hurricane Matthew Grazes Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral
Universe Today - 9 Oct 2016 05:56
The Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Cape Canaveral Air Force Center (CCAFS) and the major population centers along the Florida Space Coast were spared from major damage to infrastructure, homes and business after the deadly ...
Will Elon Musk Scuttle the Search for Life on Mars?
Scientific American - 9 Oct 2016 21:00
If there is life on the Red Planet—even just alien microbes clinging to existence in isolated refuges—any biological contamination we import from Earth could cause an ecological and... --
Schiaparelli Readied To Land on Mars
SpaceRef - 9 Oct 2016 20:53
The commands that will govern the Schiaparelli lander's descent and touchdown on Mars have been uploaded to ESA's ExoMars spacecraft, enroute to the Red Planet....
EcoAlert --New Research Shows Wind Energy Fields Fatal to Golden Eagles and Migratory Birds (VIEW VIDEO)
The Daily Galaxy - 9 Oct 2016 15:25
According to the study published in the journal Conservation Biology, a team of researchers from Purdue University has discovered that wind energy fields could kill birds not local to the area including large species inc...
NASA Video of the Far Side of the Moon --"Site of the Largest Known Impact Crater in the Solar System"
The Daily Galaxy - 9 Oct 2016 14:00
The far side of the moon, known as the lunar far-side highlands, may be the solid remains of a collision with a smaller companion moon, according to a study by planetary scientists at the University of California, Santa ...