Astronomers have been on a quest to find another planet that can support life ever since space travel became possible, and even before. Last week, astronomers announced that they had found three “super Earths.”

The Maldives is an water-bound island nation, and like many, has fears over the possible impact of climate change and global warming on its existence. Saturday, the President and cabinet took to the ocean, or rather, beneath the ocean, to highlight those concerns.

A large asteroid, impacting the world and leading to global catastrophe killed the dinosaurs. Since movies like Armageddon and Deep Impact, as well as documentaries on the Discovery Channel and other networks have been aired, people are more aware of the possibility of a "global killer" ending life on Earth. Tonight, we will experience a near-miss.

A weather forecast release by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is calling for a wetter and cooler than normal winter (December through February) in much of the United States due to an El Nino weather pattern.

Researchers predict that within 20 years ice cover will be completely gone during the warmer months. A report was complied by the UK-based Catlin Arctic Survey and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)that indicates the Arctic Ocean will be "largely ice free" during summer within a decade. As the Arctic sea ice melts, polar bears face extinction.

Today's biggest story is "six year old boy flies off in hot air balloon." While in fact that title is incorrect, it does bring up an interesting question: how do hot air balloons work?

New York, New Jersey, New England and the Poconos are bracing for a North East storm to dump several inches of rain and wet snow on the coast. Combined with high winds, forecasters say this early nor'easter could cause difficulties.

Early this morning, NASA crashed two spacecraft into the surface of the moon in the search of water on the Earth's natural satellite. The Internet is buzzing today with reports of blowing up the moon or bombing the moon.The LCROSS Centaur and Spacecraft impacted the moon at approximately 7:30 a.m. EDT. A report on the initial data will be revealed at the Post Impact News Conference at 10:00 a.m. EDT on NASA TV.

If you ever watched the old series "Space: 1999," this is somewhat reminiscent of that corny science fiction show. NASA has planned for some time to slam two spacecraft into the moon in an attempt the find water, and they have released animation of what the "NASA moon bombing," scheduled for Friday, will look like.

The Harvest Moon is the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox. The full moon that follows the next month is called the Hunter's Moon, and is often confused with the Harvest Moon.