The SciencesNovember 10, 2015
Astronomers Find the Farthest-Out Solar System Object Ever Seen
More than a hundred times as distant from the sun as Earth is, the object could be a pristine remnant from the primordial solar system
Space Exploration
Space & PhysicsNovember 10, 2015
Pandemonium! Motion of Pluto's Moons Perplexes Scientists
New Horizons reveals the orbits of Pluto's four smallest moons to be even more chaotic than expected
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Space & PhysicsNovember 9, 2015
Ice Volcanoes Could Be on Pluto
New Horizons mission finds evidence for cryovolcanism on the distant dwarf planet
The SciencesNovember 6, 2015
Bad News for Terraforming: Mars's Atmosphere Is Lost in Space
New data from NASA's MAVEN mission reveals most of the Red Planet's atmosphere was stripped away
Space & PhysicsNovember 2, 2015
International Space Station Is 15 Years Old: First Commander Remembers
NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd recalls leading the first mission to the space station on November 2, 2000
The SciencesNovember 1, 2015
NASA Eyes Torpedo Tech as an Alternative to Nuclear Batteries
The U.S.’s measly stockpile of plutonium is barely adequate for missions planned for the next decade
The SciencesOctober 31, 2015
An Augmented Reality Planetarium: Take the Universe with You (Review)
A review of "universe2go"—an augmented reality planetarium
Space & PhysicsOctober 30, 2015
"Halloween Asteroid" Will Fly Near Earth Saturday
Asteroid TB145 will make a near pass of our planet, offering astronomers a chance for an up-close radar view of its surface
The SciencesOctober 29, 2015
Rosetta Sniffs Oxygen around Comet 67P
The presence of the gas could have implications for theories of the early solar system
Space & PhysicsOctober 29, 2015
The Moons of Pluto
Pluto's small moons are revealed in the latest image data and analysis from New Horizons' historic encounter—these may be the best view humanity ever gets of these distant objects
The SciencesOctober 27, 2015
NASA Probe to Dive Through Saturn Moon's Icy Plume
The Cassini spacecraft will zoom just 50 kilometers above Enceladus at about 1 P.M. EDT on October 28
Space & PhysicsOctober 23, 2015
To Mars via Hawaii
Scientists begin yearlong Red Planet simulation at Mauna Loa