Home
News
Spaceflight
Science & Astronomy
Search for Life
Skywatching
Tech
Topics
Images
Video
Entertainment
Shop
How Space Tourism Could Help Save Planet Earth
Seeing our fragile Earth hanging alone in space could inspire people to take the long view.
Read More »
Best Space Photos of the Week - May 18, 2013
From snow falling on our largest telescopes to cool lunar vehicles in space, don't miss these ama...
Read More »
Private Space Plane Arrives in California for Key Flight Tests
Dream Chaser's first free-flight test is slated for later this year.
Read More »
NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Telescope Will Have Long Legac...
NASA's Kepler has revolutionized exoplanet science, researchers say.
Read More »
Huge Rock Crashes Into Moon, Sparks Giant Explosion
A new 65-foot-wide impact crater is the result.
Read More »
Electric Cars on Earth and Mars: How They Stack Up
Electric vehicles have no real competitors for the Martian market.
Read More »
1
2
3
4
5
6
Stop
TOP STORIES
Vote Now! Best Space Stories of the Week - May 19, 2013
56,000 MPH Space Rock Hits Moon, Explosion Seen | Video
REPLAY: All About Comet ISON in Slooh Webcast
How Electric Spacecraft Could Fly NASA to Mars
Fallout from Huge Solar Flare Sideswipes Earth Today
IMAGE ALBUMS
Space-y Photos from Maker Faire Bay Area 2013
Electric Vehicles to Explore Deep Space (Photo Gall...
'Star Trek Into Darkness': A Photo Gallery
2013 Earth & Sky Photo Contest Winners: Gallery
IMAGE OF THE DAY
Pale Moon
TOPICS
Space Weather, Solar Flares & Sun Storms: Latest News
COUNTDOWNS
The Top 10 Star Trek Technologies
INFOGRAPHICS
A Space Telescope Around Mars? How Old Spy Satellite Tech Could Do It (Infographic)
WALLPAPERS
Stellar Life Cycle | Space Wallpaper
Human Spaceflight
US Spaceflight Ambitions Must Face Budget Reali...
The agency must take a realist attitude to what can be done with little money, Bolden said.
Read More »
Amazon CEO's Moon Rocket Engines on Public View in Kansas
Did 'Star Trek' Give Rise to NASA's 'Space Shuttle'?
Mind Meld! Astronauts Meet 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Stars in Webcast Today
Private Spaceflight
Private Mars Flyby Mission Ponders NASA & Comme...
Inspiration Mars may use a SpaceX rocket, a pair of ULA boosters, or NASA's SLS.
Read More »
Apollo 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell Joins Private Moon Flight Company
'Pumpkin' Moonship for Private Manned Lunar Landings Passes Key Review
Virgin Galactic Hires Former NASA Astronaut as Spaceship Pilot
Science & Astronomy
Brilliant Science Blunders: Astrophysicist Mari...
What we can learn from the greatest scientific mistakes in history.
Read More »
Huge Asteroid to Fly Past Earth This Month
Mars Rover Opportunity Breaks US Record for Off-Planet Driving
Astronomer's Poem Mourns Ailing Kepler Spacecraft
Search For Life
Congress to Discuss Search for 'Alien Earths' T...
Congress wants an update on the search for planets like our own.
Read More »
How Exoplanet Atmosphere Density Can Change Odds of Alien Life
Bizarre Mars Mountain Possibly Built by Wind, Not Water
Beyond Kepler: New Missions to Search for Alien Planets
Skywatching
Comet ISON: How to See Potential 'Comet of the ...
The online Slooh Space Camera will provide live views of Comet ISON Sunday (May 19) at 4:45 p.m. ET (2...
Read More »
Spectacular Auroras Dance Over Michigan in Time-Lapse Video
Best Time to See Moon Mountains in May Is Now
Jaw-Dropping Views of Night Sky and Earth Win Photo Contest
Tech
New Rocket Fuel Helps NASA 'Go Green'
By 2015 there'll be something green in space, and it won't be aliens!
Read More »
NASA Tests Orion Spaceship's Parachutes with Mock Glitch
New Laser Vision Helps Telescope Probe Distant Star Cluster
Warp Speed, Scotty? Star Trek's FTL Drive May Actually Work
Reference
Exoplanets: Worlds Beyond Our Solar System
More than 800 extrasolar planets have been discovered.
Read More »
Space Weat...
The sun's unceasing activity affects our planet beyond providi...
Read More »
Solar Ecli...
Total solar eclipses are one of Nature’s grandest events. What...
Read More »
Arecibo Ob...
Arecibo Observatory has been used to send a SETI message as we...
Read More »
What is Da...
Dark matter emits no light, and cannot be directly observed, b...
Read More »
What is Da...
Dark energy is a mysterious quantity that makes up, along with...
Read More »
VIDEO
How To Bake A Mars Pellet – Curiosity's Drill S...
The Mobile Science Lab flashes some complex moves to get rock samples from drill bit to baking chamber for chemical analysis (CHIMRA experiment).
Play Video
Quadruple X-Flaring Sunspot Is A...
After a day of rest, active region 1748 unleash...
Play Video
Bring Some Asteroid To Earth: OS...
NASA's Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource...
Play Video
Asteroid To Swing By Earth Is '9...
Asteroid 1998 QE2 is about 1.7 miles in size an...
Play Video
Dizzying View: World Trade Cente...
Hold onto your lunch! Watch construction worker...
Play Video
Supermassive Black Holes May Sta...
NSF's VLA radio-telescope watched a black hole ...
Play Video
Four Mammoth X-Flares: Spacecraf...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has its eyes ...
Play Video
Astronaut Chris Hadfield & Crew ...
The ISS commander and his expedition 35 crewmat...
Play Video
How Many Solar Flares Can You Se...
The Sun erupted with 3 X-Class Flares (X1.7, X2...
Play Video
Commander Chris Hadfield & Exped...
Commander Chris Hadfield, Soyuz Commander Roman...
Play Video
FACEBOOK ACTIVITY
TWITTER ACTIVITY
Follow us