Located in the direction of the Virgo constellation, some 68 million light years from Earth, is the barred, spiral galaxy known as Messier 58.

A recent study by UCLA scientists has shown a link between extreme rainstorms on Titan and surface features detected by the Cassini orbiter.

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL — A clandestine black ops satellite supporting US national defense launched into the black skies over Florida's spaceport in the dead of night Sunday, Oct. 15, on a mission for the U.S. governments National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) that lit up the night skies offering a spectacular vista on its journey to orbit.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Elon Musk's extraordinary vision of an era when re-flown rockets are offered as a 'routine service' rather than the exception is a 'major sea change getting closer' to fruition with each passing day thanks to SpaceX, said SES CTO Martin Halliwell in an exclusive interview with Universe Today, following the stunning sunset blastoff of the SES-11 UHDTV commercial satellite on another 'flight-proven' Falcon 9 booster that also re-landed - thus completing another remarkable round of rocket recovery and recycling or 'launch, land and relaunch!'

According to a recent statement by members of NASA's Human Research Program, the threat of radiation will not stop the proposed "Journey to Mars" and other deep-space missions.

Two new studies, independently of each other, have managed to fins some of the "missing matter" contained within the Cosmic Web.

A new study by an international team of scientists has found a connection between debris disks and giant planets, which could aid in the hunt for exoplanets.

A new report by an international team of scientists has found evidence of hydrothermal activity in an ancient Mars sea, which could mean life once existed there

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.