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New Report Urges U.S. Space Launch Policy Overhaul

The U.S. government should permit China to launch U.S.-built commercial satellites and force an overhaul of the U.S. Air Force�s relationship with its principal launch-services provider, a U.S. think tank has concluded. Read more...

Space Farms Could Mine Minerals From Moon Dirt

Future missions to the Moon or Mars could use plants as bio-harvesters to extract valuable elements from the alien soils Read more...

UFO Sighting Reports

This week, we travel to the beautiful state of North Carolina to check out some recent sightings. Our first report is from a man, who after picking up his son from school, witnessed a large, disc-shaped object hovering over a clump of trees. Our second report is from a witness in the Raleigh-Durham area, who watched a UFO move across the sky during a thunderstorm. ... Read more...

John Podesta writes probing foreword for new book on UFOs

He’s not saying he was abducted by a UFO and probed or anything, but former President Clinton’s chief of staff John Podesta is lending his name to a new book on UFOs. Podesta has written the foreword for “UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record” by investigative journalist Leslie Kean, which will be [... Read more...

New Space Telescope Mirrors Get Frosty Treatment

NASA is putting the mirrors for its ambitious new James Webb Space Telescope through the ultimate cold test. Read more...

Huge Star Burns Fast and Furious in Photo

A bright hot star with more than 70 times the mass of our sun will live fast and die young. Read more...

TechNewsDaily: Fuel-Efficient Finalist Vehicles Announced for Auto X Prize

The racetrack portion of the $10 million Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize competition is over. Read more...

How Astronomy Lit Up the Solar System

Astronomy has come a long way in the 401 years since Galileo turned his first primitive telescope to the sky, so it's no surprise we see a very different solar system than the field's earliest pioneers. Read more...

Alien Planets Gather Close Around Dying Star

A pair of alien planets is locked in an orbital embrace around a dying star, a new study discovered. Read more...

Check It Out: Planetary Triangle Forming in the Evening Sky

A trio of planets converging in the night sky this week to give casual skywatchers the perfect chance to see Mars, Venus and Saturn. Read more...

UFO or Blimp?

Last night I was relaxing on the couch when my cell phone alerted me that I had a new message on facebook. Gotta love technology. My nephew Brandon and his friend Richard were out in a rowboat on the lake near their home in Thompson, Ohio. Approximately 7 miles from the shores of Lake Erie, when they heard a whiny-type engine sound. It was not loud. They looked up and just above the trees they spotted a gigantic object traveling at about 20 mph. Read more...

Mad Scientists: Monkeys and Human Experiments

In many of the experiments that mad scientists conduct, they use animals to test out their theories. For some, dogs were a logical choice, while others preferred monkeys. This was the case for Harry Harlow, who had a reputation for inflicting cruelty upon helpless animals. In this article, you will also learn about Andrew Ure, who experimented on the human body. Read more...

Interesting Facts About Stinging Insects

It's hard to imagine that something so small can cause the death of a human, but people who are allergic to bees and other stinging insects can die when exposed to just one bite. In this article, you will learn interesting facts about stinging insects, including bees, honeybees, wasps, and hornets. Read more...

Mad Scientists Who Tested On Themselves

Not all mad scientists used unwilling animals and humans as their test subjects. Some of the more modern researchers tested their theories out on themselves. In this article, you will meet Kevin Warwick, who has a fascination regarding robots and humans, and John Lilly, who wanted to know how the brain would react to being cut off to stimuli. Read more...

A Hodgepodge of Interesting Insect Facts

Do you know how many different species of roaches there are in the world? What country goes gaga over beetles? In this article, you will encounter a variety of interesting trivia involving beetles, spiders, cockroaches, and moths. Read more...

Interesting Facts About Butterflies and Moths

From the colorful wings of a Monarch butterfly to the night activities of the fluttering moth, this article offers a hodgepodge of interesting facts about these winged creatures of the day and night. Read more...

Tiny Satellites Can Do Big Science

The shrinking technology of cell phones, laptops and cameras are now leading to palm-sized satellites. Read more...

Video - UFO over Ukraine

Masha Dimitriov of the newspaper UA Reporter, has posted a video of a UFO which was sighted over the village of Rozovke, in the Carpathian Mountain region of Ukraine. At about 5:30 PM, on June 2, 2010, a local journalist saw the unusual flying object, and took the footage. ... Read more...

More Than 1,300 Space Shuttle Workers Get Layoff Notices

Hundreds of engineers and technicians working on NASA's space shuttles received layoff notices this week from United Space Alliance. Read more...

Cave Will Make Klingon Tourists Feel at Home

A new audio tour in Klingon will guide Trekkers through the spelunking frontier of Australia's Jenolan Caves. Read more...

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