Lunar Mission One Wants To Crowdfund A Robotic Moon Lander
Just hours after announcing that it plans to put a robotic lander on the moon in the next decade, the…
Amazingly Detailed New Maps of Asteroid Vesta
Vesta is one of the largest asteroids in the Solar System. Comprising 9% of the mass in the Asteroid Belt,…
NASA SoundCloud Sounds Aim To Bring Music To The Final Frontier
Fancy having a shuttle launch play as your ringtone? NASA is trying to make that possible through offering several dozen…
Warm, Flowing Water on Mars Was Episodic, Study Suggests
Though the surface of Mars is a dry, dessicated and bitterly cold place today, it is strongly believed that the planet once…
Philae Lander Early Science Results: Ice, Organic Molecules and Half a Foot of Dust
An uncontrolled, chaotic landing. Stuck in the shadow of a cliff without energy-giving sunlight. Philae and team persevered. With just 60…
Shortly After Mars Comet, NASA’s New Red Planet Spacecraft Officially Starts Mission
NASA's newest Mars spacecraft is "go" for at least a year -- and potentially longer. After taking a time-out from…
No ‘Rubber Duckie’! Rosetta’s Comet Looks Weird In Decade-Old Hubble Model
Okay, let's take a deep breath about Rosetta and remember just how far we've come since the mission arrived at…
Wavelight: Riveting New Night Sky Timelapse
Sandstone formations can be amazing, and if you've ever seen or heard about the legendary and hard-to-get-to "Wave" formation in…
The Origins of Life Could Indeed Be “Interstellar”
Some of science's most pressing questions involve the origins of life on Earth. How did the first lifeforms emerge from…
OSIRIS-REx: The Audacious Plan To Scoop An Asteroid And Fly Back To Earth
We've been super-excited about the Philae landing recently, the first soft landing on a comet. But imagine if the spacecraft…