SPACE

Astronomers Find Earth-Like Planet Just One Star Away

Proxima b might be able to support life.

International Space Station. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

NASA's Research Is Now Freely Available Online

More than 850 articles have been uploaded so far, and more are on the way.

A Nightingale's Song Is Headed For the Moon

The 1913 recording will ride aboard the MoonArk mission.

Other Galaxies Are Giving You a Tan

Ten-trillionths of your tan, to be exact—so no need to break out the SPF 70.

© CDO courtesy of the University of Arizona

How Living Inside Biosphere 2 Changed These Scientists' Lives

Taber MacCallum and Jane Poynter witnessed the most affecting solar eclipse of their lives in 1992. That's because as they watched the Sun disappear behind the Moon’s shadow, they were also watching their oxygen supplies slipping away.

Neptune image from Voyager courtesy NASA/JPL

Scientists Spot Mysterious Object Beyond Neptune

Its orbit is very abnormal.

7 Strange Things That Have Been Left On the Moon

Golf balls, a word from the Queen, and an X-rated drawing by Andy Warhol are just some of the treats awaiting visitors to the Moon.

Look Up! The Perseid Meteor Shower Is Back, and It'll Be Amazing This Year

The night sky might produce 150 to 200 meteors per hour!

The First Commercial Mission to the Moon Has Been Approved

Decades have passed since our last trip to the moon.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot Makes the Planet Hot

One of Jupiter's most baffling mysteries might be solved at last.

Philae the Comet Lander Sleeps Forever

Earlier this week, the European Space Agency switched off radio communications with the plucky spacecraft, whose landing on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko captivated the world.

Today in 1969, Apollo 11 Splashed Down

Then President Nixon chatted with the astronauts while they were in a quarantine capsule.

Virtual Reality School Bus Takes Kids on a Road Trip on Mars

A group of kids in Washington D.C. got to take a trip to Mars on a real-life magic school bus.

Construction of Life-Detecting Mars 2020 Rover to Begin

NASA has given permission (and funding) for engineers at JPL to begin "cutting metal."

7 Spacecraft NASA Has Landed on Mars

The Viking I lander touched down on Mars on July 20, 1976. It was just the first of many NASA missions to the red planet.

Can a Person in Space Survive Without a Spacesuit?

Sci-fi writers, take note.

Scientists Create Enormous 3D Map of Distant Galaxies

It's the largest map ever created showing the effects of dark energy on our universe.

How Playtex Helped Win the Space Race

Cross their heart: The bra and girdle company convinced NASA they could protect astronauts from moon dangers.

Juno Captures Its First Image of Jupiter From Orbit

This is the first of many images that will come from the spacecraft.

4 Planets in Our Solar System You've Probably Never Heard Of

On Monday June 11, astronomers announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet beyond the orbit of Neptune. Here are four others we already know about.

NASA via Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

Space Travel May Squeeze Astronauts’ Eyeballs

Four out of every five astronauts on long-term missions return to Earth with a condition called visual impairment intracranial pressure syndrome.

Tiny Astronomy Camera Helps Amateurs Capture the Night Sky

The small device was designed to perform better in low light than smartphone cameras do.

NASA and ESA, Acknowledgment: J. Hester (ASU) and M. Weisskopf (NASA/MSFC)

New Hubble Image Reveals the Beating Heart of the Crab Nebula

The young nebula can be seen from Earth with a pair of strong binoculars.

Hitomi Collaboration/JAXA, NASA, ESA, SRON, CSA

Take a Look at the Last Image Taken by Japan’s Hitomi Satellite Before It Died

Japan's space agency, JAXA, lost contact with Hitomi in late March.

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