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55 Cancri e: Super-Hot Super-Earth

July 28, 2017 | Reference

55 Cancri e is a super-Earth exoplanet with a super-hot surface. Temperatures could be as high as 4,892 F (2,700 C).
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Astronauts on the Space Station Will See the Solar Eclipse 3 Times (Video)

July 27, 2017 | Article

When the Great American Solar Eclipse sweeps across the continental U.S. on Aug. 21, astronauts aboard the International Space Station will have a chance to see it from a unique vantage point.
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Watch Live Friday! New Crew Launches to International Space Station

July 27, 2017 | Article

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy will take a 6-hour trip to the International Space Station Friday (July 28), launching on a Soyuz spacecraft at 11:41 a.m. EDT (1541 GMT). Watch live here.
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August Full Moon 2017: See the Lunar 'Sturgeon' Aug. 7, And a Lunar Eclipse!

July 27, 2017 | Article

Look for the Full Sturgeon Moon overhead the evening of Aug. 7. In addition, if you're in Africa, Asia or Australia you'll see a partial lunar eclipse — as the moon passes through the Earth's shadow on its way to eclipsing the sun on Aug. 21.
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Inside Mars 160: The Mars Society's Red Planet Simulation in Pictures

July 27, 2017 | Image Album

In July 2017, six explorers embarked upon a lengthy simulated Mars mission in the Canadian arctic, kicking off the second part of the two-phase Mars 160 expedition. See photos of both phases (the first of which took place in the Utah desert) here.
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For Record-Breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson, Space Is Never Boring (Video)

July 27, 2017 | Article

More than eight months after launching to Earth orbit, record-breaking NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is still having a blast.
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Why Looking for Aliens Is Good for Society (Even If There Aren't Any)

July 27, 2017 | Article

The search for life elsewhere in the universe is one of the most compelling aspects of modern science.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Relaunching 'The Right Stuff' as National Geographic TV Series

July 27, 2017 | Article

"The Right Stuff" is being adapted as a new multi-season series for National Geographic by Appian Way and Leonardo DiCaprio. The series will feature a space mission each season.
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Image of the Day

July 27, 2017 | Image Album

The European Space Agency's Rover Autonomy Testbed, or RAT, takes a test drive at night during testing in the moon-like environment of Teide National Park of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands.

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Unhackable Data: In a First, Secure Quantum Communications Is Tested Via Microsatellite

July 27, 2017 | Article

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated laser communications between a microsatellite and a ground station while using the quantum nature of photons to secure the data being transmitted.
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