Curiosity Touches Mars at Yellowknife Bay and Drives to Snake River for Drilling

12 years ago

Image Caption: Photo mosaic shows NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover in action reaching out to investigate rocks at a location called…

Neil Armstrong Didn’t Lie About First Words on the Moon, Historian Says

12 years ago

A small controversy has erupted over Neil Armstrong’s first words as he stepped on the Moon’s surface and how he…

For Sale or Rent: Used Launchpad, Well-Loved

12 years ago

Athough NASA hasn’t put out an official “for sale” list, news reports indicate that several facilities at Kennedy Space Center…

Ancient Impacts Stained Vesta with Carbon-Rich Material

12 years ago

Composite-color 3D image of Cornelia crater on Vesta (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA) Ever since arriving at Vesta in July 2011, NASA's Dawn spacecraft…

Captain Kirk Tweets the Space Station

12 years ago

 Chris Hadfield's response to William Shatner got quite a bit of attention on Twitter You know that you're living in…

Meteorite From Mars is Water-Rich

12 years ago

Martian meteorite NWA 7034 weighs approximately 320 grams (11 ounces). Credit: NASA A 2-billion-year-old rock found in the Sahara desert…

The Face of Creation

12 years ago

The latest autotuned installment in John D. Boswell's Symphony of Science series waxes melodic about the particle-smashing science being done…

Helmets in Space Supercut

12 years ago

It was only a matter of time: An epic mashup of movies with people wearing helmets in space, edited by…

Astrophoto: Comet Shower at Captain Cook’s Monument

12 years ago

Comet shower at Captain Cook's Monument. Credit: Peter Greig An obelisk dedicated to Captain Cook sits atop of Easby Moor…

New Images Show a “Living” Mars

12 years ago

A conception of an ancient and/or future Mars, flush with oceans, clouds and life. Credit: Kevin Gill Over the years,…