Located just 25,000 light years from our Solar System is the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, the closest galaxy to the Milky Way.

Planet Earth has gone through several "ice ages", where dropping temperatures has led to the expansion of ice sheets and glaciers.

After an intensive four month investigation into why a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded without warning on the launch pad last September, the company today announced the failures likely cause as well as plans of a rapid resumption of flights as soon as next Sunday, Jan. 8, from their California launch complex – carrying a lucrative commercial payload of 10 advanced mobile relay satellites to orbit for Iridium Communications.

Located approximately 26,000 light years from Earth, in the direction of the Capricornus constellation. is the globular cluster known as Messier 30.

Here's a full, free ebook with 101 things to see in the night sky in 2017, from eclipses to meteor showers.

Wind turbines have existed for over a century, but are becoming a major focus in recent decades thanks to the growth of wind power and renewable energy

Technicians have fueled, stacked and tucked the first ten advanced IridiumNEXT mobile voice and data relay satellites inside the nose cone of a Falcon 9 rocket designated as SpaceX's 'Return to Flight' launcher - potentially as early as next week - from their west coast launch pad on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

NASA's NEOWISE mission has been responsible for many interesting finds, the latest of which are two possible comets that could be visible from Earth.

On the brink of 4600 Sols of a profoundly impactful life, NASA's long lived Opportunity rover celebrates the Christmas/New Year's holiday season on Mars marching relentlessly towards an ancient water carved gully along the eroded rim of vast Endeavour crater - the next science target on her heroic journey traversing across never before seen Red Planet terrains.

Fossil fuels, which are the decomposed remains of organic material, are the predominant source of energy in the modern era.

Alternative energy comes in many forms, all of which are being investigated as long-term replacements for fossil fuels, coal, and other conventional means of energy.

NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, MD - The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is now deemed "sound" and apparently unscathed, engineers have concluded, based on results from a new batch of intensive inspections of the observatory's structure, after concerns were raised in early December when technicians initially detected "anomalous readings" during a preplanned series of vibration tests, NASA announced Dec. 23.

Our pets are wiser than we think.

Well, it looks like we'll close out 2016 without a great 'Comet of the Century.' One of the final discoveries of the year did, however, grab our attention, and may present a challenging target through early 2017: Comet C/2016 U1 NEOWISE.