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Voting From Space: Astronauts Cast Ballots
Voting From Space: Astronauts Cast Ballots
Voting From Space: Astronauts Cast Ballots
Some states allow for early voting and absentee voting, but only one state allows for voting from space! American astronauts, when not in space, call Houston, America home, so that is where they are registered to vote. According to the Palm Beach Post, Texas passed a law in 1997 that allows astronauts to vote from space...
8.8 Billion Earth-Sized Just-Right Planets
8.8 Billion Earth-Sized Just-Right Planets
8.8 Billion Earth-Sized Just-Right Planets
WASHINGTON (AP) — Space may be vast, but it isn't that lonely. A new study finds that the Milky Way is teeming with billions of planets like ours, circling stars just like our sun. Astronomers using NASA data calculate that in our galaxy alone there are at least 8...
Fireball Seen In East Coast
Fireball Seen In East Coast
Fireball Seen In East Coast
Only days after Congress questioned NASA and other government agencies, including the White House, on its preparedness for future impacts from near-Earth objects like asteroids, meteors, and meteorites, an unexpected and currently undetermined astral visitor made a flashy entrance seen along the East Coast of the United States.
See Intense Footage of the Meteor Landing in Russia
See Intense Footage of the Meteor Landing in Russia
See Intense Footage of the Meteor Landing in Russia
Zombies. Man-killing space aliens. Killer clowns. It's okay if these are the first things that run through your mind when you watch this insane footage of a meteor landing in Russia. The meteor crashed into a building, and destroyed it. As of now, at least 1,000 people have been reported injured, and up to 3,000 buildings have suffered damage from the resulting shock waves caused by the meteor...
Is There Life Out There?
Is There Life Out There?
Is There Life Out There?
Scientists have now settled that there is another "earth-like" planet outside our solar system.  This one is located in the Tau Ceti system and is one of five planets that orbit that star. Since this is in the star's habitable zone, many are asking if there is the possibility of life there...