
Catch This Century's Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse on Saturday
The darkest part of Earth's shadow will fall across the lunar surface, producing a "blood moon"
The darkest part of Earth's shadow will fall across the lunar surface, producing a "blood moon"
The mission will help NASA understand how the body could handle a trip to Mars
The next March equinox eclipse won't occur for another 19 years
The ocean there is thought to extend to 10 times the depth of Earth's oceans
Nimoy, the original Spock, got involved in real space science with NASA
The European mission is helping scientists learn more about how comets evolved through time
Boeing and SpaceX are on track to start launching astronauts to the International Space Station
An alarm suggested a potentially toxic ammonia leak on the International Space Station early Wednesday, but it might have been a false one
The capsule, designed to bring humans farther into space than ever before, conducted its first unmanned test flight on Dec. 5
Orbital Science's investigation of its rocket's catastrophic failure 15 seconds after launch last week is still underway
One pilot is dead, and one injured after SpaceShipTwo failed during a rocket-powered test flight over Mohave, Calif.
Photographers managed to capture images of shooting stars despite nearly full moon
Mission controllers are uncertain as to what happened with the pad's water system, but might attempt the launch again on Wednesday
NASA's Kepler space telescope has identified a planet that is both similar in size to Earth and within the habitable zone of its sun
The newly discovered moon is the 14th in Neptune's orbit
A "lot of water" inside an astronaut's helmet cut a spacewalk short on Tuesday
A poll to rename Pluto's moons throws out the most popular choice: a Star Trek inspired name
The Lone Signal project is taking a different approach to discovering extraterrestrials: sending messages into deep space
A crew of three Chinese astronauts have entered space to practice orbital docking techniques and perform research
A "garbage truck-size" but harmless asteroid will fly within the moon's orbit tomorrow
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