Stories by John Matson

Old man Hubble looking younger by the day as tune-up proceeds

First Hubble repair spacewalk wrapping up

Europe's Planck and Herschel spacecraft lift off

Kepler spacecraft begins its search for habitable worlds

Two Spacecraft Set to Probe the Early Universe's Mysteries

Live-blogging space shuttle Atlantis's rendezvous with Hubble

Space shuttle Atlantis closing in on Hubble

Space shuttle checked for damage as rescue craft stands by

Spirit rover falls victim to Martian sand trap

Space shuttle Atlantis sets off safely for Hubble

Space shuttle Atlantis set to blast off on Hubble servicing mission

More questions for NASA's manned spaceflight programs

Last Dance with the Shuttle: What's in Store for the Final Hubble Servicing Mission

Why would a male athlete like Manny Ramirez take a chemical used as a female fertility drug?

Solar activity starting to perk up?

Dead or alive? Living ants chemically signal their vitality

Nuclear fallout aids carbon dating for rare whiskeys

After tragedy in last year's Kentucky Derby, is horse racing safer?

Shuttle program shutdown means hundreds of pink slips, starting today

Do hundreds of black holes dot the Milky Way?

IBM readies supercomputer to face off against Jeopardy! contestants

Let There Be Blobs: Mystery Object Spotted in the Early Universe

Astronomers spot the most distant cosmic explosion yet

An indirect by-product of catalytic converters: Osmium pollution