2+ hour, 54+ min ago   (364+ words) Look up at the sky on Monday, Feb. 2, and you may notice a certain bright star is hidden from view. This special celestial event " a lunar occultation " occurs when the moon passes in front of the star Regulus. Also known…...

4+ hour, 4+ min ago   (212+ words) (WIVT/WBGH) " A local avionics company is already counting down to liftoff for a mission to the moon with its software onboard. ENSCO, a local software company based in the Town of Owego, is working with Lockheed Martin to support…...

5+ hour, 46+ min ago   (390+ words) The Hubble Space Telescope takes a lot of pictures. In fact, NASA estimates Hubble has snapped 1.7 million images since it launched in 1990. But this poses a unique issue: It's almost impossible for scientists to examine all of the images. With…...

8+ hour, 5+ min ago   (286+ words) The launch team began loading the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket with super-cold hydrogen and oxygen at Kennedy Space Center late at midday. More than 700,000 gallons (2.6 million liters) had to flow into the tanks and remain on board for several hours, mimicking…...

8+ hour, 46+ min ago   (197+ words) The Celestron NexStar 8SE is ideal for beginners wanting quality, reliable and quick views of celestial objects. For a more in-depth look at our Celestron NexStar 8SE review. The only planet completely out of the viewing loop is Mars, which is much…...

9+ hour, 3+ min ago   (417+ words) NASA has begun a crucial test Monday of its towering Space Launch System rocket " marking one of the final steps before the vehicle launches four astronauts into deep space for the first time since the Apollo program ended more than…...

11+ hour, 56+ min ago   (504+ words) As NASA makes final preparations to send four astronauts on a journey around the moon, a critical test Monday will reveal whether its enormous moon rocket is truly ready to fly. Known as a "wet dress rehearsal," the test is…...

12+ hour, 7+ min ago   (576+ words) As extreme cold moves across Florida, teams at Kennedy Space Center are locked into the last major test of NASA's giant SLS moon rocket " as the agency prepares for what could be the launch of the Artemis II mission in…...

12+ hour, 14+ min ago   (834+ words) A critical rocket test that will help determine when NASA can launch its first human moon mission in more than five decades appears to be on track after cold weather in Florida prompted a two-day delay. NASA has been preparing…...

14+ hour, 31+ min ago   (48+ words) Elon Musk's company SpaceX applied for permission to launch up to one million satellites into Earth's orbit in a bid to power artificial intelligence Elon Musk's company SpaceX applied for permission to launch up to one million satellites into Earth's…...