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'Smoking Gun' Planet: This Neptune-Size Alien World Is Evaporating in Record Time
December 14, 2018 | ArticleA gaseous alien world is evaporating at a record rate, shedding considerable light on an exoplanet mystery, a new study reports.
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See Mars Near the Moon in the Night Sky Tonight! Here's How.
December 14, 2018 | ArticleThe moon lights the way to the Red Planet tonight (Dec. 14) as the two objects make a close approach to each other in the evening sky.
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In Photos: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity Soars to Space in 4th Powered Test
December 14, 2018 | Image AlbumVirgin Galactic conducted its fourth powered test flight of the SpaceShipTwo Unity on Dec. 13, 2018, marking the first time the ship reached space, and the photos are incredible. See photos from the test flight here.
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'Billion-Dollar View'! See Incredible Footage from Virgin Galactic's 1st Spaceflight (Video)
December 13, 2018 | ArticleWatch the vehicles separate, the engine blaze and the horizon spin in dramatic in-flight video taken from today's (Dec. 13) flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity.
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Where DOES Space Begin? Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Flies Right into the Debate
December 13, 2018 | Article"SpaceShipTwo, welcome to space," reads a triumphant tweet from Virgin Galactic posted during today's successful test flight after the company's vehicle reached 51.4 miles (82.7 kilometers) in altitude.
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Small Magellanic Cloud: A Satellite Dwarf Galaxy Neighbor
December 13, 2018 | ReferenceFor hundreds of years the Small Magellanic Cloud has provided astronomers with a relatively close-up view of another galaxy.
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NASA's Insight Lander on Mars Spotted from Space!
December 13, 2018 | ArticleNASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed the InSight lander, as well as the hardware that helped the stationary robot ace its Nov. 26 touchdown on the equatorial plain known as Elysium Planitia.
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Here's the Weather Forecast for the 2018 Geminid Meteor Shower
December 13, 2018 | ArticleFor those hoping to get a glimpse of tonight's Geminid meteor shower, the weather across the United States will either be very good or very bad.
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Hubble Space Telescope Will Track Comet 46P/Wirtanen As It Flies Close by Earth
December 13, 2018 | ArticleA comet is set to pass close to Earth this weekend, providing a treat for skywatchers — and for astronomers hoping to learn more about the building blocks of the early solar system.
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Millions of Degrees and Plasma Dreams: NASA's Parker Solar Probe Basks in the Sun
December 13, 2018 | ArticleThe Parker Solar Probe is doing well after its first flyby of the sun, and it will soon begin returning groundbreaking data about how our star behaves.
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