Signs in the Heavens - Signs in the News

More than 100 planets that are a similar size to Earth have been discovered in just the past few weeks, it has been announced.

A second China UFO sighting has residents on edge, just seven days after an unidentified flying object shut down a Chinese airport.

A blast of the brightest X-rays ever detected from beyond our Milky Way galaxy's neighborhood temporarily blinded the X-ray eye on NASA's Swift space observatory earlier this summer, astronomers now r

HANGA ROA, Chile (AFP) – A total solar eclipse drew an 11,000-kilometer (6,800-mile) arc over the Pacific Sunday, plunging remote territories into darkness, but drawing thousands of curious tourists

According to the article the sighting closed a local airport and flights were diverted. It would also appear that the Chinese may be trying to cover up the incident.

This is the extraordinary moment a photographer captured bolts of lightning striking not one, but two Chicago landmarks at the same time.

Sunspots come and go, but recently they have mostly gone.

National power grids could overheat and air travel severely disrupted while electronic items, navigation devices and major satellites could stop working after the Sun reaches its maximum power in a few years.

An astronomer says a bright spiraling light spotted in the sky by people across eastern Australia was probably a satellite, space junk or a rocket.

June 4, 2010: Earth and space are about to come into contact in a way that's new to human history. To make preparations, authorities in Washington DC are holding a meeting: The Space Weather Enterprise Forum at the National Press Club on June 8th.