Space

Mars will make a rare close approach to Earth on Tuesday.

Things don't often pass this close to Earth! See how you can watch the asteroid fly by!

If space was just a quick drive away I think it would be fun. However, you need to be super smart and healthy to go up there! But once you're there you get to do the coolest things!  

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the sun seems so bright lately, especially late in the day. I keep thinking I’m having some issues with my vision, or maybe it’s just that I’m getting a little older and can’t handle it. It just seems the sun this fall has been so much brighter than during the summer, so I looked into it, and sure enough, it is brighter.

As good as David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' is, it's still rather surreal watching someone perform it from space.

Hitching a ride usually only costs some gas and toll money. But you’ll have to dig really deep into your pockets for a ride into orbit.

Would you want to go to Mars? Financial tycoon Dennis Tito, who himself took a ride in space on the International Space Station, has unveiled a trip to Mars for husband and wife astronauts to launch within five years. They wouldn’t land on the planet, but come to within 100 miles of the surface of Mars then return. The whole trip would take 16 months in a space capsule half the size of an RV. Read

Just days after a fiery meteor came crashing down on central Russia, scientists say they have now discovered a mysterious green jelly that may be some sort of space residue or “astral jelly,” a substance commonly associated with meteor showers.

It's like something out of a movie. Four hundred people have been hurt by fragments falling from the sky after what appears to be a meteor shower over parts of Russia.

As a way to promote its show ‘Chasing UFOs’ and potentially impress aliens with our highly-advanced Twitter technology, the National Geographic Channel will broadcast tweets into the deepest recesses of space this coming August.

An asteroid bigger than a jumbo jet is on course to come close to the Earth and moon on Tuesday.  Its been about 35 years since a space object of this size has graced the proximity of our planet.  But not to worry, scientists say