Rings of Saturn and 2 Moons Shine in Gorgeous NASA Photo
The space agency just released an image of the spherical Tethys and the lumpy Janus, with the planet's rings in the foreground
The space agency just released an image of the spherical Tethys and the lumpy Janus, with the planet's rings in the foreground
Private spaceflight company will try to land the first stage of its two-stage Falcon 9 rocket on an uncrewed ship in the Pacific
A brief rundown of the biggest spaceflight milestones to keep an eye out for this year
After several previous failures, the historic rocket landing paves the way for a new era of faster, cheaper spaceflight
Scientists photograph a gas-giant exoplanet forming around a young star that lies about 450 light-years from Earth
New data from NASA's MAVEN mission reveals most of the Red Planet's atmosphere was stripped away
The Cassini spacecraft will zoom just 50 kilometers above Enceladus at about 1 P.M. EDT on October 28
Astronomers detected 21 different complex organic molecules streaming from Lovejoy during its anticipated close approach to the sun this past January
Astronomers have now confirmed the existence of nearly 2,000 planets beyond our own solar system
Space.com received images from lunar eclipse observers from across the U.S. and Canada as well as Mexico, the U.K. and elsewhere
The evening of September 27 will be the fourth time in the last 17 months that the moon becomes immersed in the Earth's shadow
The Earth’s shadow will darken the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in addition to the moon
In "To Scale: The Solar System" filmmakers Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh, along with a few of their friends, build a size-accurate model of our cosmic backyard in Nevada's Black Rock Desert...
NASA Ames researcher, former astronaut muse on the challenges and advantages of spending time on the high-gravity planet
Steel strut holding down a bottle of high-pressure helium snapped during ascent, though Dragon capsule would have survived if not for software glitch
“Sputnik Planum” region is a vast stretch of icy plains whose surface is broken into cell-like polygon blocks by snaking troughs
A spacecraft set to fly by Pluto next week has returned photos that reveal more detail of four large dark patches near the equator
New Horizons went into “safe mode” on Saturday but the probe should be back to normal science operations by Tuesday, exactly one week before it performs the flyby
SpaceX holds a $1.6-billion NASA contract to fly at least 12 unmanned unmanned runs to the space station; the previous six flights had all been successful
NASA's huge supersonic parachute isn't ready to land astronauts on Mars just yet
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