Up early Sunday morning? Or perhaps, as we often do, you're "pulling an all-nighter," out observing until the break of dawn. Well, the clockwork celestial mechanics of the Universe has a treat in store on the morning of October 15th, as the waning crescent Moon occults (passes in front of) the bright star Regulus (Alpha Leonis the "Little King" or "Heart of the Lion") for the contiguous United States, Mexico and southern Canada.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - SpaceX staged a stunning sunset blastoff this evening Oct. 11, of the commercial SES-11/EchoStar 105 HDTV satellite that will serve the everyday needs of millions of customers across North America as it soared to geostationary orbit on a recycled Falcon 9 from the Florida Space Coast.

After examining several samples of Martian volcanic rock, which came to Earth in the form of meteorites, researchers were able to determine more about Mars' volcanic past.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - SpaceX is all set for a sunset blastoff Wednesday, Oct. 11 of the commercial SES-11/EchoStar 105 Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV satellite serving North America on a 'used' Falcon 9 booster from the Florida Space Coast - that is also targeted to re-land a second time on an sea going platform off shore in the Atlantic.

In two new studies by international teams of astrophysicists, a wealth of merging black hole pairs have been discovered, which has serious implications for gravitational wave research.

In their latest study concerning Planet 9 , astronomers Brown and Batygin offer the first single and coherent description that accounts for all of the evidence

A new study by an international team of researchers has proposed a new theory about Tabby's Star, indicating that it be due to an uneven dust cloud orbiting the star

At the inaugural meeting of the newly-reestablished National Space Council, VP Mike Pence laid out the administration's plan for renewed missions to the Moon.

A team of scientists from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have proposed a bold idea for protecting Earth against solar flare activity - placing a giant magnetic shield in orbit!

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL — A classified spy satellite for the U.S. governments National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is set to kick of a launch double header this week on the Florida Space Coast with what should be a majestic overnight liftoff Thursday, Oct. 5, of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V.

For their immeasurable contributions to the discovery of gravitational waves, Caltech professors Kip S. Thorne and Barry C. Barish, and MIT professor emeritus Rainer Weiss, were awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Researchers from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have devised a new way to measure the mass of our galaxy - using hypervelocity stars!

PLAYALINDA/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - SpaceX is targeting Saturday Oct. 7 for blastoff of the SES-11/EchoStar 105 commercial telecomsat following a successful static fire test of the first stage engines of the 'used' Falcon 9 booster, as a Florida Space Coast gator gazed on in wondrous glee as the engines fired away Monday afternoon, Oct. 2.