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Coming up on Monday, you can witness one of the rarest astronomical events right here in Upstate New York. We are talking about Mercury passing between Earth and the sun, the Mercury Transit.

Have you ever dialed the wrong phone number? It's embarrassing right? Astronaut Tim Peake dialed the wrong phone number from space, and feels embarrassed from the International Space Station.

Coming up this evening, into the early morning of October 21st, look to the sky for the annual Orionid meteor shower. Here's the best times to view for New York state.

It's an amazing time to be alive scientifically speaking. NASA announced it's discovery of water on Mars, and now it looks like Pluto may have water. Thanks to the New Horizons mission, it was discovered that Pluto has blue skies and water ice on the surface.

NASA just announced that water is on the surface of Mars. One would think we would just send either the Curiosity rover or Opportunity rover (both are currently on the surface of Mars) to investigate the area. However, NASA actually can't. Why?

On the "Late Show With Stephen Colbert" SpaceX founder Elon Musk brought up the idea that if we nuked Mars, it could become habitable. Would that work?

The Space Shuttle was America's ride into space from 1981 - 2011. During that time, did you know that the shuttle could have landed across New York? Here's 5 sites in New York NASA kept in mind in the case of a shuttle landing/abort.

Looking to watch history in the making when NASA launches Orion into space? You can live stream it at your desk with this webcam from USTREAM from NASA.

Can you imagine taking a 5 day vacation to space? The Russians will soon make this dream come true. A company called Orbital Technologies is developing a commercial space station set to launch in 2016 as a hotel getaway.

Start breaking out your tin foil hats, conspiracy theorist are now claiming that on December 7th 2014, a meteor will strike Earth.

The first time in mankinds history, we will land a space craft on a comet. Looking to watch? Live stream the events, and watch it for free via streaming.

On October 28th, an unmanned NASA Antares rocket that was on a resupply mission to the ISS self-destructed shortly after takeoff. Conspiracy theorist all over the internet are talking about how the rocket may have been carrying illegal spy equipment.