What's being done to protect our planet from asteroids? At ESA in Darmstadt, Germany, the Space Safety team is working on developing an early…
NASA's media teleconference discussed a massive Martian dust storm affecting operations of the agency’s Opportunity rover and what scientists can learn from the various…
Though close to home, the space immediately around Earth is full of hidden secrets and invisible processes. In a new discovery reported in the…
This ESO sequence takes the viewer from a broad view of the spectacular central regions of the Milky Way and in towards the rich…
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life, as well as…
NASA astronaut Nicole Stott has yet to meet an alien, but that doesn’t mean she’s never pondered their existence. Alien life has been a…
NASA discusses new science results from NASA's Mars Curiosity rover. The media and public are invited to ask questions. Michelle Thaller, assistant director of…
Black holes may hold the key to understanding the most fundamental truths of the universe, but how do you see something that’s, well, black?…
What is it like to see humanity from space? Imagine being able to tour our 4 billion-year-old planet 16 times a day, and see…
The planets orbit the Sun in a fairly flat plane. How does that plane relate to the orientation of the Milky Way? If we…
NASA EDGE provides live coverage of tower rollback in preparation for NASA’s first launch to Mars from the West Coast. The Atlas V is…
ESA's (The European Space Agency) ExoMars rover is headed to the red planet in 2020, on a mission to search for signs of past…
Our nearest planetary neighbors, Venus and Mars, might possibly host human life in the future. So which of these planets is a better candidate…
Astronomers want to understand how magnetism, gravity, and turbulence interact to prompt star formation in molecular clouds. The problem? No one knows the size…
Data from NASA Galileo orbiter launched a generation ago yields new evidence of plumes, eruptions of water vapor, from Jupiter's moon Europa.
What makes a star go boom? By understanding supernovae – stellar explosions – scientists can unlock mysteries that are key to what we are…
What's up at SpaceX? Engineer Gwynne Shotwell was employee number seven at Elon Musk's pioneering aerospace company and is now its president. In conversation…
The NASA has announced that they will send a helicopter to Mars, the first in history to fly on a different planet, next to…
Spacecraft in orbit and on Mars’s surface have made many exciting discoveries, transforming our understanding of the planet and unveiling clues to the formation…
If we or any conscious being is around to witness the very distant future our galaxy, what will they see? How long will life…