World's Biggest Telescope Array, the SKA, Gets a Governing Body By Mike Wall The largest science facility on Earth just took a big step from concept to reality.
NASA's IBEX Mission: Exploring the Edge of the Solar System By Nola Taylor Redd IBEX is helping astronomers figure out where the edge of our solar system ends and the rest of space begins.
'Oumuamua: The First Interstellar Object By Adam Mann All we know is that this mysterious object came from somewhere very far away.
House Lawmakers Question Trump Budget Cuts to NASA STEM Education By Meghan Bartels During a hearing held by the House science committee, congressional representatives questioned the wisdom of cutting NASA's outreach and education office.
Footprints of Forming Planets Spotted Around Young Star (Photo) By Mike Wall The young star DM Tau, which lies about 470 light-years from Earth, hosts two rings of dust where planet formation is likely occurring, new photos reveal.
Weird 'Hypervelocity Star' Booted Out of Milky Way's Disk By Mike Wall The monster black hole at the Milky Way's heart isn't the only beast capable of booting stars out of the galaxy, a new study suggests.
The Asteroid Bennu Keeps Spinning Faster and Scientists Aren't Sure Why By Meghan Bartels On a distant space rock being explored by a NASA probe, days are slowly shortening — and scientists are still trying to figure out why.
The Sounds of Pulsars: Jocelyn Bell Burnell Looks Back on Her Incredible Find in New Video Clip By Doris Elin Salazar In a beautiful 3-minute video, hear the sounds of the first whirling pulsar ever observed and learn the story of its discovery by Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
NASA to Break Seal on Apollo Moon Rock Samples for Scientific Study By Robert Z. Pearlman NASA will open one of its last remaining lunar samples sealed by Apollo astronauts on the moon nearly 50 years ago.
Rehearsing for the Mars Landings in Hawaii and Idaho By Allyson Brady Imagine astronauts on Mars, tasked with picking rock samples that will be used by scientists to search for signs of life. But they can only transport a limited number back to Earth.
Europe's New Exoplanet-Hunting Satellite Cleared for Flight By Mike Wall The Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite recently passed a crucial review designed to assess the spacecraft's readiness for flight and ability to meet major mission goals.
These Are the Last Photos NASA's Opportunity Rover Took on Mars By Mike Wall A set of newly released photos shows what NASA's Mars rover Opportunity was looking at just before being engulfed by the monster dust storm that took its life.
Surprise! Dust Ring Discovered in Mercury's Orbit By Mike Wall Mercury shares its orbit with a ring of wandering dust, and a cloud of as-yet-undiscovered asteroids likely gave rise to a similar ring in Venus' neighborhood, recent research suggests.
When Galaxies Collide! Gorgeous Hubble Photo Gives Glimpse of Milky Way's Fate By Elizabeth Howell A new image from the venerable Hubble Space Telescope shows what happens when two galaxies collide — an experience our own Milky Way will have in a few billion years.
NASA's InSight Lander Celebrates 100 Days on Mars by Watching the Sun Set By Meghan Bartels NASA's Mars InSight lander, which touched down in November, celebrated 100 days on Mars by watching the sun set.
NASA Picks 9 Lucky Science Teams to Study Pristine Apollo Moon Rock Samples By Meghan Bartels Nine lucky science teams have been given the chance of a lifetime: to study moon rock samples collected by the Apollo program that have been sealed for decades.
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.
Trump's 2020 NASA Budget Will Take US from Moon to Mars, Agency Chief Says By Sarah Lewin NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine praised the proposed 2020 budget from the Trump administration, describing how the budget will help the agency reach the moon, and then continue on to Mars
Trump's 2020 NASA Budget Would Cancel Space Telescope, Earth Science Missions (Again) By Hanneke Weitering The Trump administration's federal budget request for 2020 proposes the cancellation of three NASA science missions: the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) and two Earth science missions.
