NASA has a Grail spacecraft orbiting the moon and taking pictures of the far side (which we can't see from Earth), and they've released a "video" of the dark side. Unfortunately it isn't much of a video. It really just looks like a still picture that they pan past the camera pretty quickly. It's far out and you can't see much detail, and even if there was anything interesting it was airbrushed out... more.

Like most scifi fanboys, we love a good alien conspiracy theory. Almost every week there seems to be some kind of new UFO footage online, and one or two of these spark into larger flames of conspiracies theories that span the years. There are plenty of amazing UFO sightings, but those are best saved for a future list. Instead, we'll look at five of the most amazing conspiracy theories of things ... more.

Why is The Weather Channel posting UFO footage? We don't know, but they did put up some very clear footage of a UFO recently sighted over Utah. Unfortunately, the channel then decided to try to debunk it and as most debunking attempts went; they found a hilariously stupid explanation that doesn't match up with what the video showed.According to Whitely Strieber's more.

Still think Earth is special and there's nothing else out there? Time to readjust your thinking. In a statistical study reported by Space.com, there may be up to 160 BILLION alien planets in the Milky Way galaxy. The number was culled from the 100 billion stars in our galaxy and with each one having 1.6 planets or... more.

A couple of years ago Dark City director Alex Proyas made a big budget sci-fi movie titled "Knowing" that showed the end of the world. The apocalypse in his doomsday movie was caused by a massive solar flare that wiped out the entire planet in a avalanche of fire. Then Roland Emmerich destroyed the world in "2012" by having a solar flare melt the core of the Earth. Now NASA has completely debunked... more.

Responding to a petition demanding the government disclose information about UFOs and aliens, the White House denied that any information was being covered up. Really? And the sheep out there already accept this answer? If people are so willing to swallow whatever the White House tosses in their face, we really are doomed. Here's their more.

Just in time to cash in on the Star Wars Blu-Ray hype, astronomers have discovered a planet that NASA and SETI are calling Tatooine. According to CNN, the planet is 200 light years away in the constellation Cygnus. As it was discovered with the Kelper telescope, it's official name ... more.

Something tells me Vader won't be dancing for joy like this guy.... more.

In about ten minutes from this posting, the Space Shuttle Atlantis will launch from Kennedy for the final Space Shuttle mission ever. It's the end of an era, and a sad day for space buffs. America will be hitchhikers into space now, hitching a ride on a Russian rocket to the ISS for the next few years.NASA more.

If there's a more fitting day to announce something regarding the sheer genius that is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy I can't think of a better one than Towel Day.  Just yesterday Hothead Games announced they are working on a new game for the franchise. “We’re super excited to be involved with such a lege... more.