On 12 April 1981 a revolutionary new spacecraft blasted off from Florida on her maiden flight. 

Before reading Ben Mezrich's new  book The 37th parallel : the secret truth behind America's UFO highway I would have never have given any thought or credence to the concept of a "UFO highway"

Chris Impey is a University Distinguished Professor and his research interests are observational cosmology, gravitational lensing, and the evolution and structure of galaxies.

The universe is still unfolding and our fascination with it grows and expands right along side. 

Often we hear little catch phrases that are specifically related to thinking and the way we think.

We are definitely living in a time of miraculous discovery and accomplishment.

Considering the fact that small spaces (like elevators) make me queasy and nervous I was surprised to find that Buzz Aldrin's Mission to Mars : my vision for space exploration  had me wondering if I would be willing to travel to Mars.

Did you know that there are 25 privately funded teams in a race to claim a 30 million Google Lunar X Prize? The first team to safely land a robot on the moon and explore its surface will win!