Watch a Baby Exoplanet Being Born
New observations reveal an infant alien world coalescing from gas and dust around a young star
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Breezes Could Help Power Landers on Mars
Wind turbines could produce significant amounts of electricity for robots exploring the Red Planet’s surface
How Theoretical Physicists Can Help Find Aliens
To be successful, scientists searching for extraterrestrial beings may need to revisit some fundamental assumptions about the nature of life itself
NASA Defers Launch of James Webb Space Telescope Again--This Time to 2021
The postponement brings the project's total estimated lifetime cost to $9.66 billion—and further delays are possible
Ingredients for Life Found on Saturn's Moon Enceladus
A new look at old data from NASA’s Cassini orbiter shows complex organic molecules are gushing from the tiny moon
Could the Self-Repairing Star Wars Droid L3-37 Come to Life?
We're not that close to making self-modifying robots, expert says
Massive Dust Storm Engulfs Mars
The sunlight-sapping global storm has taken NASA’s Opportunity rover offline, perhaps forever
NASA Offers New Plan to Detect and Destroy Dangerous Asteroids
The federal government's five-point strategy is a roadmap for dealing with threatening near-Earth objects
Gravitational "Echoes" Could Reveal Colliding Wormholes
A unique signature in gravitational wave observations could show that hypothetical tunnels through space-time actually exist
Trump Orders "Space Force," Signs Space-Traffic Policy
The President’s proposal could create a new branch of the armed services meant to assure “American dominance” in space
Weird Low-Light Bacteria Could Potentially Thrive on Mars
The photosynthetic organisms subsist on redder, lower-energy light than other species, and could be a new source of fuel and air for interplanetary outposts
As Massive Storm Rages on Mars, Opportunity Rover Falls Silent
Dust clouds blotting out the sun could be the end of the solar-powered probe
Poll: Climate Change, Global Leadership Should Be Top Priorities for U.S. Space Program
A majority of Americans in a new national survey expressed support for a vision of space exploration largely at odds with the federal government’s present plans
Surprise! Jupiter's Lightning Looks a Lot Like Earth's
Data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveals thunderbolts around the giant planet’s stormy poles
Pluto Has Dunes, but They're Not Made of Sand
Images from NASA’s New Horizons probe reveal mysterious mounds made of frozen methane or nitrogen
Pioneering NASA Astronaut Don Peterson Dies at 84
In 1983, Peterson performed the first spacewalk from a space shuttle
Manhattanhenge: What It Is, and How to See It
The New York City phenomenon takes place Tuesday and Wednesday, and again in July
What Made Saturn's Ravioli-Shaped Moons?
New research suggests collisions between moonlets created the oddly-formed objects
Earth's Ozone Layer Is under Attack--Again
Despite a long-standing international ban, ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons are surging back into Earth’s atmosphere from unknown sources
NASA Will Send a Helicopter to Mars in 2020
The autonomous rotorcraft will fly to the Red Planet with the Mars 2020 rover