Nasa Talks Habitable Alien Planets Today | Elon Musk Talks Ice Bucket Challenge | Rats on the Space Station

WATCH LIVE @ 5:30 pm ET: NASA Talks Search for Habitable Alien Planets NASA will host a live panel discussion today (Aug. 20) on the search for habitable alien planets, and how studies of ancient Earth can help scientists today. Watch live at 5:30 p.m. ET (2130 GMT).   Stunning Astronaut Photos Capture Beauty of Earth from Space NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman is sharing his amazing photos from space with people on Earth using social media. Read More     Roof-Crashing Meteorite Linked to Giant Impact that Made the Moon A meteorite that crashed into a California house in October 2012 can be traced back to the giant impact that formed Earth's moon 4.5 billion years ago, a new study reveals. SpaceX's Elon Musk Takes Ice Bucket Challenge Elon Musk, the entrepreneur behind the private rocket company SpaceX, has accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.   Additional Space.com Headlines Rats in Spaaace! NASA Wants to Put Rodents on Space Station NASA is drawing up plans to launch a team of rats with the right stuff to the International Space Station as early as this year. You know, for science. Read More 'Beam Me to Mars' Lets You Send Martian Messages to Fund Space Exploration You'll probably never set foot on Mars, but your words and pictures could land there later this year.   Read More Supermassive Death: 3 Stars Eaten by Black Holes Scientists have found that three events inside galactic cores represent the destruction of stars. Read More     The Glittery Gulf Coast Expedition 40 astronaut on the International Space Station captured this spectacular image of the U.S. Gulf Coast at night. Curiosity Rover on Mars Stalled by 'Hidden Valley' Sand Trap NASA's Mars rover Curiosity may have to choose a new route to the base of a huge Red Planet mountain. Photos of Uranus, the Tilted Giant Planet The gas giant planet Uranus is a world of strangeness. It is knocked on its side, giving it an extreme tilt. It has gossamer rings and a network of moons.   You are receiving this email because You've received this message because you've registered or accepted our invitation to receive email from SPACE.com To unsubscribe, click here Copyright � 2014 Purch.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 150 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10011 2425 Lincoln Ave. Ogden, UT 84003