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Space lovers, get ready for next week.

As the historic total solar eclipse in April draws closer, Illinois has issued urgent travel warnings for those who plan to witness the totality of the sun through the southern part of the state.

If your day hasn't been bizarre up until now, it's about to be because of what you're about to learn. If you've ever wondered why there has never been a channel 37 on your television, the reason is because of Illinois and aliens and I'm not making any of this up.

The native of DeWitt took part in four space missions.

Time to lie back and look straight upward at the night sky because this weekend falls one of the most spectacular meteor showers.

That's not something you see every day.

This "potentially hazardous asteroid” heading our way on Thursday night is not supposed to hit Earth. Well, that’s good. Asteroid 441987 (2010 NY65), is more than two football fields across (218 yards) and is traveling at just under 30,000 miles per hour. Accordi...