26 September 2013, 09:00 PM ET
Four of the five main databases that catalog exoplanet discoveries now list more than 900 confirmed alien worlds, and two of them peg the tally at 986 as of today (Sept. 26). So the 1,000th exoplanet may be spotted in a matter of days or weeks.
26 September 2013, 05:49 PM ET
The new shockwave video is the work of scientists at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California, who aim to reduce the intensity of aircraft sonic booms and thereby make commercial supersonic flight over land more feasible.
26 September 2013, 05:04 PM ET
Mars has water trapped in the polar ice caps. More water may lie just beneath the surface.
26 September 2013, 05:03 PM ET
As the constellations of summer depart from our sky, they are replaced by what are often called "the watery constellations." These include normal sea creatures like fishes and dolphins, and even Aquarius carrying a water jug. But here also be monsters.
26 September 2013, 05:01 PM ET
Water on Mars has long been sought after by researchers.
26 September 2013, 03:30 PM ET
Among the more than 900 planets found beyond our solar system, there are volcanic Super-Earths, gas giants that dwarf Jupiter and worlds with multiple sunsets. Here are some of the most incredible.
26 September 2013, 03:28 PM ET
Bill Nye the Science Guy's stint cutting the rug on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" might be cut short due to injury.
26 September 2013, 02:57 PM ET
A colossal NASA balloon is poised to carry a free-hanging gondola sky-high on a mission to take a gander at celestial grandeur: Comet ISON.
26 September 2013, 02:05 PM ET
The Apollo 12 Commander examines the unmanned Surveyor III spacecraft during the second extravehicular activity.
26 September 2013, 02:01 PM ET
Future Mars explorers should be able to get all the water they need out of the red dirt beneath their boots, a new study suggests. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has found that surface soil on the Red Planet contains about 2 percent water by weight.
26 September 2013, 02:01 PM ET
Scientists have discovered the powerhouse for the cosmic storms in Earth's magnetic field that fuel the planet's dazzling displays of northern lights. The findings could help predict dangerous space weather storms.
26 September 2013, 01:46 PM ET
As the Moon passes through Earth's magnetic field, two lunar-orbiting spacecraft look for turbulence, particle acceleration, and magnetic reconnection. These phenomena control how the solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetosphere.
26 September 2013, 10:23 AM ET
“Highly Commended” by the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2013 exhibition, this amazing space wallpaper is a composite shot showing the progress of an annular eclipse in May 2013.
26 September 2013, 07:30 AM ET
A group of renowned scientists, engineers, artists and others need your help to send a message into the universe aboard a spacecraft bound for Pluto.
26 September 2013, 07:30 AM ET
Playing Geordi La Forge on TV's 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' was more than just a job to actor LeVar Burton.
26 September 2013, 07:30 AM ET
NASA is awarding grants to 10 university-led projects that could help develop the advanced technologies needed for future science and long-duration manned missions. The Space Technology Research Grants Program will award $250,000 to teams.
26 September 2013, 01:04 AM ET
Fomalhaut has a planet that rose from the dead, as well as a vast number of comets that crash into each other daily.
25 September 2013, 11:21 PM ET
A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut arrived at the station at 10:45 p.m. EDT Wednesday, less than six hours after blasting off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan.
25 September 2013, 05:05 PM ET
See photos from the Expedition 37 mission to the International Space Station, including Soyuz launch and landings, in mid-2013.
25 September 2013, 05:00 PM ET
A Russian Soyuz rocket launched a new U.S.-Russian crew on an "express" flight to the International Space Station Wednesday (Sept. 25), kicking off a six-hour sprint to the orbiting laboratory.
25 September 2013, 04:09 PM ET
The densest galaxy known may have been found by combining data from NASA's Hubble and Chandra X-ray space observatories, plus several land-based telescopes. The galaxy, known as M60-UCD1 is about 54 million light years from our own.
25 September 2013, 03:19 PM ET
This stunning space wallpaper shows the Soyuz rocket as it heads out by train to the launch pad on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
25 September 2013, 01:54 PM ET
The 24 awardees represent a diverse group of scientists, artists, writers, academics and activists. Seager was selected for her groundbreaking exoplanet research, which has led to ever-better models of the atmospheres and interiors of alien worlds.
25 September 2013, 01:01 PM ET
A perplexing fast-spinning star just might be the 'missing link' in a long-standing pulsar mystery, scientists say. A newfound neutron star 18,000 light-years from Earth alternates between two kinds of pulsars in a never-before-seen discovery.
25 September 2013, 01:01 PM ET
Io is the most volcanically active object in the solar system, dissipating its massive stores of internal heat via intense eruptions. Earth may have gone through a similar phase in its youth, before the planet cooled enough for plate tectonics to start up
25 September 2013, 12:46 PM ET
A "Star Trek" fan with an artistic streak is bringing his unique vision of the beloved TV show to other Trekkers around the world.
25 September 2013, 12:00 PM ET
Juan Ortiz, a 'Star Trek' fan with an artistic streak, is bringing his unique vision of the beloved TV show to other Trekkers around the world. See his amazing 'Star Trek' art here.
25 September 2013, 10:00 AM ET
Astrophotographer Bob Franke captured this stunning image of planetary nebula Abell 39 6,800 light-years away from Earth. See how Franke made the image, and how planetary nebulas were named, despite not having any planets.
25 September 2013, 10:00 AM ET
The Wright Brothers launch their third test glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
25 September 2013, 06:03 AM ET
A new camera named ArTeMIS was installed on the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope in Chile. It returns imagery in millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths and can expose light from dense clouds of interstellar dust grains.
25 September 2013, 06:00 AM ET
An amazing image taken by a new camera on a telescope in the Southern Hemisphere shows a colorful and detailed view of a star-forming region of the Milky Way.
25 September 2013, 06:00 AM ET
Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut are slated to launch aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:58 p.m. EDT today. You can watch coverage of here at SPACE.com beginning at 4:00 p.m., courtesy of NASA TV.
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