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07 May 2013, 10:41 AM ET
NASA must set some plans for going to Mars soon if it wants to arrive by the 2030s.
07 May 2013, 10:21 AM ET
Europe's second Vega rocket successfully launched from the Amazon jungle on Monday (May 6).
07 May 2013, 10:07 AM ET
The MASTIF was designed to train pilots how to pull the space capsule out of a potentially dangerous spin.
07 May 2013, 10:04 AM ET
Smoke plumes drifting west over the Pacific Ocean from California's Springs fire, near Los Angeles were captured by NASA's GOES-WEST satellite on May 3, 2013.
07 May 2013, 10:00 AM ET
See photos of the European Space Agency second Vega rocket mission launching in May 2013.
07 May 2013, 09:50 AM ET
Commercial vehicles could help make space science accessible to a broad range of people.
07 May 2013, 08:00 AM ET
But the more scientists learn, the more questions they have about these strange new worlds.
07 May 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Parts of Australia and the Pacific region will get a rare skywatching treat on Thursday and Friday.
06 May 2013, 04:55 PM ET
NASA's Swift and Fermi space telescopes made the stunning discovery.
06 May 2013, 04:39 PM ET
See photos of NASA's PhoneSat mission and other smartphones in space.
06 May 2013, 04:32 PM ET
The Apollo 11 Moonwalker stopped by the SPACE.com newsroom to talk about his new book 'Mission To Mars'.
06 May 2013, 04:25 PM ET
See the hot lava from space.
06 May 2013, 03:40 PM ET
NASA's Curiosity rover should help clarify Mount Sharp's origins in the coming months.
06 May 2013, 03:28 PM ET
Arecibo Observatory has been used to send a SETI message as well as for scanning the skies for approaching asteroids.
06 May 2013, 03:25 PM ET
This space wallpaper reveals a stunning view from ESA’s Herschel space observatory of the iconic Horsehead Nebula in the context of its surroundings.
06 May 2013, 02:50 PM ET
SPACE.com sat down with two "Star Trek" superfans to discuss their restoration of the Galileo Shuttlecraft.
06 May 2013, 02:40 PM ET
Genetically engineered plants on board the International Space Station designed to endure extreme conditions are also designed to glow when stressed.
06 May 2013, 02:21 PM ET
The Red Bull Stratos pressurized suit and capsule have a new home at Space Center Houston.
06 May 2013, 02:00 PM ET
After decades of deterioration, Star Trek's Galileo shuttlecraft mockup is being restored to its original glory.
06 May 2013, 12:04 PM ET
A cosmic ring of fire will grace the skies over parts of Australia and the Pacific Ocean this week.
06 May 2013, 10:59 AM ET
A record breaking Gamma-ray burst captured by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Telescope is depicted in the first animation as the comparatively bright spot in the sky and in the second more detailed animation showing only a 20-degree-wide region of the sky.
06 May 2013, 10:03 AM ET
This Consolidated B-24 Liberator was modified to study the effect of icing.
06 May 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Water in Jupiter's stratosphere almost entirely comes from the 1994 crash of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, scientists say.
06 May 2013, 07:00 AM ET
German space photographer Reinhold Wittich snapped this breathtaking view of the Rosette Nebula in February 2011.
06 May 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Buzz Aldrin's new book 'Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration' lays out a plan to reach Mars by 2035.