Astronauts Won’t Make the 1st All Female Spacewalk After All, NASA Says By Hanneke Weitering The first all-female spacewalk in history won't be happening this week after all due to a last-minute crew swap, NASA announced today (March 25).
Birth of 'Great Dark Spot' Storm on Neptune Seen for 1st Time (Photo) By Mike Wall For the first time ever, astronomers have witnessed the birth of one of Neptune's enormous 'Great Dark Spot' storms.
Northrop Grumman Names Spaceship for Fallen Apollo 1 Astronaut By Robert Z. Pearlman Northrop Grumman has named its next space station resupply ship after an astronaut who died in NASA's pursuit of the first moon landing.
Chemically, Earth Is Basically a Less Volatile Version of the Sun By Mindy Weisberger The elemental composition of Earth and sun are unexpectedly similar.
National Space Council Seeks Urgency in NASA Exploration Plans By Jeff Foust The National Space Council will likely press NASA at its upcoming meeting to speed up its plans to return humans to the moon.
Universe Quickly Spawned Stars After Big Bang, Ancient Galaxy Shows By Nola Taylor Redd Observations of the most distant galaxy ever identified revealed traces of oxygen from at least one previous generation of stars, a sign that star formation got off to an early start.
'Artificial Gravity' Bed-Rest Study to Track Space Travel's Effects on Human Body By Mike Wall Some brave people will soon lie down for science — and they won't get up for a long, long time.
2020 Mars Helicopter Could Open Alien Skies to Exploration By Mike Wall A few brief hops in the Martian air two years from now could open alien worlds to an entirely new kind of exploration.
Astronauts Won’t Make the 1st All Female Spacewalk After All, NASA Says By Hanneke Weitering The first all-female spacewalk in history won't be happening this week after all due to a last-minute crew swap, NASA announced today (March 25).
Northrop Grumman Names Spaceship for Fallen Apollo 1 Astronaut By Robert Z. Pearlman Northrop Grumman has named its next space station resupply ship after an astronaut who died in NASA's pursuit of the first moon landing.
Birth of 'Great Dark Spot' Storm on Neptune Seen for 1st Time (Photo) By Mike Wall For the first time ever, astronomers have witnessed the birth of one of Neptune's enormous 'Great Dark Spot' storms.
Chemically, Earth Is Basically a Less Volatile Version of the Sun By Mindy Weisberger The elemental composition of Earth and sun are unexpectedly similar.
Meet 'Kazachok': Landing Platform for ExoMars Rover Gets a Name By Mike Wall The Russian-built landing platform for the ExoMars rover now has a name: 'Kazachok.'
Why This Poisonous Gas Could Be a Sign of Alien Life By Mike Wall Scientists hunting for signs of alien life shouldn't be so quick to dismiss carbon monoxide, a new study suggests.
Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter Gets $600M in NASA's 2020 Budget Request By Meghan Bartels NASA's Europa Clipper mission could receive $600 million for the fiscal year that begins in October, according to budget request documents released today (March 11) by the Trump administration.
Space Calendar 2019: Launches, Sky Events & More By Hanneke Weitering Here's a guide to the major astronomical events of the next year, as well as space launches and milestones for spacecraft already in travel.
Get Ready for Milky Way Season with These Galactic Night-Sky Photos By Hanneke Weitering The Milky Way stretches across the early-morning sky in these glistening views captured by astrophotographer Sérgio Conceição in Campinho, Portugal.
Spring Arrives with a Lion in the Night Sky By Joe Rao For each season of the year, there is a "keynote" star pattern — and spring brings us to Leo, the Lion.
Netflix Premieres Nail-Biting '14 Minutes From Earth,' With Bold Stratospheric Jump By Elizabeth Howell The documentary "14 Minutes From Earth," which just premiered on Netflix, shows the secrecy behind, and the excitement following, the highest free-fall jump ever.
Sparks Fly as Skydivers Glide Past a Dazzling Supermoon in Epic Red Bull Stunt! By Elizabeth Howell Trailing sparks between their wingsuits, the Red Bull Air Force swept into Los Angeles from above on Thursday (March 20) to celebrate the third and final supermoon of 2019.
A Time Capsule Is Recovered and Lt. Malloy Experiences Life in 2015 in 'The Orville' Episode 'Lasting Impressions' By Scott Snowden A simple, back-to-basics episode of "The Orville" reminds us that convoluted plots aren't a prerequisite for quality sci-fi.
