Want to See Some Pretty Pictures? Here are the Winners of the 2014 Photo Nightscape Awards
We told you earlier this year about an astrophotography contest held by Ciel et Espace Photos in France, called the…
NASA Investigating Deep-Space Hibernation Technology
Manned missions to deep space present numerous challenges. In addition to the sheer amount of food, water and air necessary…
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Gallery: NASA Astronauts Spacewalk Boldly Into The Void, Finishing Vital Repairs
What a view! NASA's Reid Wiseman and Butch Wilmore spacewalked successfully yesterday (Oct. 15) for more than 6.5 hours, replacing…
Moons of Confusion: Why Finding Extraterrestrial Life may be Harder than we Thought
Astronomers and planetary scientists thought they knew how to find evidence of life on planets beyond our Solar System. But,…
Pluto Planning: Hubble Spots 3 Objects NASA Spacecraft Could Visit Next
Where could New Horizons visit after it flies by Pluto next year? NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is on the case.…
Could A Planet Be as Big as a Star?
How big do planets get? Can they get star sized? Everybody wants the biggest stuff. Soft drink sizes, SUV’s, baseball…
Ice Alert! Mercury’s Deposits Could Tell Us More About How Water Came To Earth
New pictures of water ice at Mercury's north pole -- the first such optical images ever -- could help scientists…
MAVEN Spacecraft’s First Look at Mars Hints at Promising Results
It’s been less than a month since NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft slipped into orbit. But it’s…
Old Equations Shed New Light on Quasars
There's nothing more out of this world than quasi-stellar objects or more simply - quasars. These are the most powerful and among…