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April 28, 2016

The Moon or Mars? NASA must pick 1 goal for astronauts, experts tell Congress

NASA can't afford to put humans on Mars while also pursuing missions to put astronauts back on the moon, according to a panel of experts who testified to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Space Wednesday.

April 28, 2016

Space Shuttle Challenger's fallen flags and patches, 30 years later

The flags and patches were found the next day, floating in the Atlantic Ocean, among the debris from the fallen space shuttle Challenger.

April 28, 2016

'God save the Queen!' Famous phrase spoken in space for 1st time

The words "God save the queen" were recently spoken in space for (possibly) the first time when British astronaut Tim Peake uttered the famous phrase in a video message sent to Earth on Dec. 31, 2015.

April 28, 2016

NASA Jupiter probe sets distance record for solar-powered spacecraft

A NASA spacecraft in the home stretch of its five-year journey to Jupiter has just become the farthest-flung solar-powered probe in history.

April 28, 2016

New film 'A Beautiful Planet' offers stunning views of Earth

The new film 鈥淎 Beautiful Planet鈥� looks to give audiences a view of Earth like never before 鈥� the movie features footage captured by astronauts on the International Space Station and is shown in IMAX and IMAX 3D.

April 26, 2016

Alien hunters claim Venus has buildings

Space might very well be considered the 鈥渇inal frontier,鈥� but according to alien hunters, intelligent life on Venus includes cities for its inhabitants.

April 20, 2016

NASA releases cool images of dwarf planet Ceres

New NASA images reveal the bright craters on dwarf planet Ceres in stunning detail.

April 18, 2016

Say hello to FemtoSats -- the tiny new satellites that could democratize space

First launched in 2003, CubeSats have made quite an impact on space exploration with universities, enthusiasts, and others deploying the small and affordable satellites.

April 11, 2016

NASA: Kepler emergency over, spacecraft now stable

NASA engineers have successfully recovered the Kepler spacecraft from emergency mode, the space agency announced Monday.

April 11, 2016

NASA races to save planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft

NASA is trying to resuscitate its planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft, in a state of emergency nearly 75 million miles away.