Space Exploration

A review of "universe2go"—an augmented reality planetarium

Asteroid TB145 will make a near pass of our planet, offering astronomers a chance for an up-close radar view of its surface

The presence of the gas could have implications for theories of the early solar system

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 Cassini spacecraft will zoom just 50 kilometers above Enceladus at about 1 P.M. EDT on October 28

Scientists begin yearlong Red Planet simulation at Mauna Loa

Astronomers have now confirmed the existence of nearly 2,000 planets beyond our own solar system

The Cassini mission's third-from-last flyby of the icy moon Enceladus reveals that a highly complex network of thin cracks covering the surface extend all the way into the northern polar region

First published findings from NASA’s New Horizons mission lay out the dwarf planet’s wildly varying terrain

Alan Stern, principal investigator of NASA’s New Horizons Mission, explains that with Pluto in the rearview mirror, the spacecraft will continue on to a smaller Kuiper Belt body

Astronomers have detected faint light that dates from shortly after the big bang

No extant technology exists to protect a traveler from the potentially deadly doses of radiation on Mars