January 4, 2018 Asteroid-bound spacecraft snaps color pic of Earth and Moon About halfway through its two-year trek to the asteroid Bennu, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft took some stunning images of Earth and the moon as it whizzed past its home planet last fall.
January 3, 2018 Rogue Chinese space station expected to hurtle toward Earth in 2018, researchers say The new year could bring a major scare: the expected crash of an 18,740-pound Chinese space station headed toward Planet Earth.
January 3, 2018 Astronauts identify mystery microbes in space for the 1st time NASA astronauts successfully sequenced the DNA of microbes found aboard the International Space Station, marking the first time unknown organisms were sequenced and identified entirely in space.
January 2, 2018 China's next big space mission: the far side of the moon This year, China plans to boldly go where no superpower has previously been before — the far side of the moon.
December 23, 2017 SpaceX launch sparks fears of alien invasion in Los Angeles A rocket launch from a Southern California Air Force base generated a fiery contrail that could be seen all over Los Angeles Friday and had some social media users preparing for an alien invasion.
December 20, 2017 Paris Hilton is a huge fan of Elon Musk Elon Musk is a larger-than-life figure, having created multiple multi-billion dollar businesses and altering the automobile, energy and space industries forever. A celebrity in his own right, Musk has legions of fans around the world — including Paris Hilton.
December 18, 2017 Recycled SpaceX Dragon capsule makes second delivery to Space Station A used SpaceX Dragon cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station for the second time Sunday.
December 15, 2017 Interstellar visitor stays silent: No signs of life yet on 'Oumuamua The first interstellar asteroid ever discovered in our solar system remains silent, at least for now.
December 14, 2017 Humanity's expansion into deep space is inevitable, industry experts say There will be a market for humanity's expansion beyond Earth orbit, industry experts said — but none of them can predict what form that market will take.
December 13, 2017 Trump's Moon directive earns praise from NASA, others President Donald Trumped signed a new space policy directive Monday (Dec. 11) ordering NASA to work toward sending humans to the moon and, eventually, Mars.