We are now in the final hours before Rosetta’s Philae lander is released to attempt a first-ever landing on a…
No one knows exactly why a NASA solar probe stopped talking to Earth six weeks ago, but it's possible the…
The huge rocket that will blast NASA’s first Orion spacecraft into orbit is ready to Rock ‘n’ Roll on a…
Check out that landing mark! A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three people touched down safely in remote Kazakhstan late Sunday (EDT)…
NASA's ongoing hunt for exoplanets has entered a new phase as NASA officially confirmed that the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite…
"Thousands of meteors per hour would have been visible — truly astounding to the human eye." That's Nick Schneider's description…
What does the view look like from inside a water bubble? Earlier this year, astronauts on the International Space Station…
When Comet Siding Spring skimmed just 84,500 miles from Mars last month, NASA's Opportunity and Curiosity Rovers - along with several…
NASA's Curiosity rover has struck hematite -- an iron-oxide mineral often associated with water-soaked environments -- in its first drill…
A spacecraft attached to the International Space Station did an "emergency maneuver" to push the complex, which now houses six…