September 17, 2018 SpaceX makes historic announcement, says it will fly private passenger 'around the Moon' SpaceX is set to announce the first private passenger to fly around the Moon on one of its spacecraft, the company tweeted Thursday.
September 13, 2018 Stunning space photos show 'nightmare' Hurricane Florence swirling over the Atlantic Incredible images captured from the International Space Station show Hurricane Florence barreling toward the U.S. East Coast.
September 11, 2018 'Mysterious radio bursts' in outer space detected by alien-hunting artificial intelligence Unusual and "mysterious radio bursts" have been detected 3 billion light years away from Earth, thanks to an artificial intelligence program at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
September 11, 2018 Cassini's 'grand finale' at Saturn lands NASA an Emmy If you watched the Cassini probe's spectacular dive into Saturn last September, you weren't alone — in fact, space fans worldwide followed its social media campaign, illustrations and animations of the big event, and the "Grand Finale" dive and commentary itself was watched 2 million times, according to NASA.
September 7, 2018 Alien life could exist on worlds overflowing with water, new research suggests Even on alien worlds covered by water, a new study shows that there's a chance for life to survive for a long time — despite previous research showing that's unlikely.
September 6, 2018 NASA's Parker Solar Probe gets closer to 'touching the Sun' NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has deployed key instruments on its historic journey to the Sun.
September 4, 2018 Russia: Hole in space station was likely act of sabotage The hole discovered in Russia’s International Space Station last week was likely deliberately drilled to destroy the mission, space agency officials said Tuesday.
August 31, 2018 Long-lost spacecraft that NASA rediscovered this year is incommunicado Six months after NASA last picked up a signal from a long-lost spacecraft, engineers have been unable to re-establish communications with the satellite, the agency confirmed in a new statement released yesterday (Aug.
August 30, 2018 International Space Station leak may have been caused by micrometeorite strike NASA and its Russian counterparts identified a tiny pressure leak on the International Space Station Wednesday, which may have been caused by a micrometeorite strike.
August 20, 2018 Astronaut snaps 'mind-blowing' aurora picture from space Most of us are lucky to catch a glimpse of a stunning aurora painting the skies once or twice in our lives.