Newt Gingrich’s promise to build a manned moon base by 2020 was met with disbelieving stares during the last presidential election. …

http://www.space.news/2016-02-01-european-space-agency-wants-to-send-villagers-to-the-moon-for-science

Ever since Newt Gingrich promised a manned moon base by 2020 during his 2012 presidential campaign, hopes for a lunar …

http://www.space.news/2016-01-18-researchers-announce-that-a-manned-moon-base-could-begin-construction-in-5-years

Clusters of stars on the outskirts of the galaxy may harbor extraterrestrial life, argue scientists at the American Astronomical Society’s …

http://www.space.news/2016-01-14-study-star-clusters-might-host-intelligent-civilizations

Why do we exist? The answer depends on who you ask, really. Those with strong religious inclinations believe humans are the end …

http://www.space.news/2016-01-12-physicist-proposes-radical-new-hypothesis-attributing-the-extinction-of-dinosaurs-to-dark-matter

Crysoleep – a deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperatures to preserve it – used …

http://www.space.news/2016-01-11-real-life-cryosleep-could-make-long-term-space-travel-and-trips-to-mars-possible-for-humans

Most asteroids and comets in the solar system do not pose much of a threat to Earth. However, a recent …

http://www.space.news/2015-12-28-threat-of-comet-impact-with-earth-much-greater-than-previously-believed-according-to-new-study

The world seems to be teetering on the brink of collapse with the rise of ISIS, the looming economic downturn …

http://www.space.news/2015-12-21-spacex-plans-to-send-top-one-percent-to-mars-in-the-event-of-a-global-apocalypse

Before we can colonize Mars, we must ensure we don’t decolonize Earth first, warns Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon …

http://www.space.news/2015-12-15-elon-musk-warns-a-third-world-war-religious-fanaticism-and-anti-tech-movement-could-prevent-manned-missions-to-mars

President Barack Obama signed a space mining legislation into law Wednesday, which gives U.S. space companies the right to mine …

http://www.space.news/2015-12-10-new-asteroid-space-mining-law-sparks-legal-concerns-among-experts

The massive amount of space debris entombing the Earth has long posed a huge problem for space agencies everywhere. Inevitably, the …

http://www.space.news/2015-12-09-chinese-engineers-develop-rocket-engine-that-eats-space-junk-for-breakfast

In 2013, the White House responded to a quasi-serious petition to build a Death Star – a mobile mega-structure and …

http://www.space.news/2015-12-08-would-it-be-economically-feasible-for-the-united-states-to-build-a-death-star

Astronomers are bamboozled by five mysterious unidentified radio signals outside the Milky Way, leading some researchers to speculate that they …

http://www.space.news/2015-12-02-mysterious-double-blast-could-be-message-from-alien-civilization-outside-the-milky-way-report-astronomers

Perhaps, because of our nature as social animals, we human beings long to know whether or not we are alone in …

http://www.space.news/2015-12-01-evidence-suggests-advanced-extraterrestrial-life-is-few-and-far-between

Hurricane Patricia is unmatched by Jupiter’s enigmatic red spot, a spinning storm in the planet’s atmosphere large enough to entomb …

http://www.space.news/2015-11-25-is-jupiters-great-red-spot-nearing-its-twilight