
Mars Rock Hitches Ride on NASA’s Next Rover
The Curiosity rover will return a Martian meteorite to the Red Planet
The Curiosity rover will return a Martian meteorite to the Red Planet
The prolific author leaves behind a rich, genre-spanning legacy
Scientists are plotting new directions in the quest for cosmic company
The aerospace giant’s "Mars Base Camp” plan could send crews to the Red Planet’s surface for multi-year stays
Despite rising floodwaters, Johnson Space Center continues critical space station operations
Scientists employ ‘gravitational lensing’ to measure the mass of a white dwarf
An independent review panel will scrutinize the space agency’s in-progress Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope to ensure the project is on track
The orbital outpost is presently slated to be retired as early as 2024
New funding will help the HERA observatory to peer deeper into the cosmic past than ever before
NASA officials are considering taking part in the upcoming Russian Venera D mission
Although it won't launch until the 2020s, the spacecraft's key components are being designed right now
Two private citizens have already paid a "significant deposit" to reserve seats on the spaceflight company's nascent Falcon Heavy rocket
The 300-kilogram meteor created a sonic boom, and may have dropped fragments into Lake Michigan
The Antarctica-based observatory has found hints of strange patterns in the ghostly particles' masses
Astronomers unveil a new mechanism to explain the premature demise of young galaxies
As Trump’s “landing team” touches down at NASA, science community members mull ways to interact with politics
Polarized light suggests the presence of quantum phenomenon first predicted in the 1930s
The latest science returns from NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter are filled with surprises
The object is 530 kilometers across, and lurks in a region beyond Pluto
New images capture best-yet view of cometary disintegration
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