More good news for non-profit space exploration organization the Planetary Society, led by CEO Bill Nye (The Science Guy), who last month launched their first CubeSat into orbit to test the deployment of its revolutionizing solar sail. After a series of technological glitches, the successful unfurling came as a welcomed relief.
On March 17, astrophysicists announced they had discovered evidence of gravity waves left over from the time of the supposed big bang, which was believed in the scientific community to be confirmation of the big bang theory's cosmic inflation.
Astronomers, with the help of NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, have discovered a planet that closely resembles Earth's size and orbits a red dwarf star in the habitable zone about 493 light-years away.
Skygazers and astronomy lovers in the Western Hemisphere during the overnight hours between Monday and Tuesday will get a rare front-row seat for the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years, according to National Geographic.
