Next month's launch of GOES-R - a new and advanced transformational weather satellite that will vastly enhance the quality, speed and accuracy of weather forecasting - will likely be delayed a few days due to lingering storm related effects of deadly Hurricane Matthew on launch preparations at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Universe Today confirmed with launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA).

The Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) and the major population centers along the Florida Space Coast were spared from major damage to infrastructure, homes and business after the deadly Cat 4 Hurricane Matthew grazed the region with 107 mph winds rather than making a direct impact as feared.

New research suggests that Proxima b could be a lot more watery than we suspect, with roughly half the planet's mass made up of water

The imminent impact of the already deadly Category 4 Hurricane Matthew along the Florida Space Coast tonight, Thursday, October 6, has forced the closure of NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and mass evacuations along the US East coast from Florida, to Georgia to the Carolinas.

Galaxies have a natural life cycle, which began shortly after the Big Bang and will likely continue for several trillion years.

A NASA researcher thinks he has figured out how to predict global dust storms on Mars.

Despite the vagaries of international law, no matter what a slick business person tells you, there is no land for sale on the Moon. NONE!

As you know, I'm obsessed about the Fermi Paradox. Where are all the aliens? But an even stranger question is: where are all the robot aliens?

Check out my new book "Night Sky with the Naked Eye" that explores all the wonderful things you can see in the heavens without any special equipment.

The first Antares rocket liftoff in nearly two years is now being targeted for Oct. 13 on what is sure to be a dazzling nighttime leap from NASA's Virginia launch base - and potentially offering a thrilling skyshow to millions of US East Coast spectators, if all goes well.

Before the historic Apollo-11 mission sent the first astronauts to the Moon, several robotic missions were mounted to the lunar surface as well.

Discovered in the late 18th century, Cepheid Variable stars have become an important tool for measuring the size of the Universe.

Missing Jove? The largest planet in our is currently on the far side of the Sun, and just passed solar conjunction on September 26th, 2016. October now sees Jupiter slowly return to the dawn sky. Follow that gas giant, as an interesting set of double shadow transits transpires in late October leading in to early November.

The first of the massive fuel tanks that will fly on the maiden launch of NASA's SLS mega rocket in late 2018 has completed welding at the agency's rocket manufacturing facility in New Orleans - marking a giant step forward for NASA's goal of sending astronauts on a 'Journey to Mars' in the 2030s.