Space News

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Astrophysicist Bernie Rauscher explains what it takes to be a good scientist.

The U.S. State Department has barred a former Honeywell employee from all activities subject to ITAR for falsifying documents that led to numerous unauthorized exports of defense- and space-related hardware and services.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: What's the schedule for Dawn's visit to the largest object in the main asteroid belt?

Although winter took hold at Endeavour Crater in November, Opportunity pressed on, climbing up Murray Ridge and driving into a clay mineral hunting ground as the Mars Exploration Rovers mission cruised another month clos...

NASA's next laser communication mission recently passed a Preliminary Design Review (PDR), another major milestone towards the launch of the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) scheduled for 2017.

A comet that grabbed attention worldwide for being likened to a massive snowball in space did not survive its brush with the Sun last week, NASA confirmed on Tuesday.

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield visited his hometown Nov. 23, 2013 for a book signing event that attracted an estimated 1,000 people in Sarnia, Ont. - population 72,000.

The five exoplanets are all scorching-hot, Jupiter-size worlds that are unlikely to host life as we know it. But finding water in their air still marks a step forward in the search for planets that may be capable of supp...

In one of the few behind-the-scenes looks at the private space company's assets, the hydrogen/oxygen fueled BE-3 rocket engine is test fired. Its being tested for use on the company's orbital launch vehicle.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: Human activities, a changing climate and natural disasters are rapidly altering the face of our planet.

Private US company SpaceX was Tuesday poised for a third attempt to launch its first commercial satellite, after repairs were made to the Falcon 9 rocket.

We have another book review and giveaway for you! Just in time for the holidays. Book review by David Dehetre of Universe Today. Astronomy Photographer of the Year Collection 2 is a large format, glossy book that covers ...

When a planet transits its star, the change in light tells its tale. Size, mass and atmospheric composition can be derived. Especially critical: Does it have oxygen, the marker of life?

NASA Breaking News: NASA commercial crew partner Blue Origin of Kent, Wash., announced it has tested a new, hydrogen- and oxygen-fueled engine designed to lift the company's crewed Space Vehicle on future missions out of...

Here's a feat of visual athletics to amaze your friends with this week. During your daily routine, you may have noticed the daytime Moon hanging against the azure blue sky. But did you know that, with careful practice an...

Likely to bust its $559 million development budget, NASA is preparing a mandatory report for Congress about delays to IceSat.

Want to know where to find Venus and Jupiter in the morning or the double star in Cassiopeia. Check out the Hubblesite's latest guide to the best places to look in the night sky. Telescopes are just one click away - Clic...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has found evidence for what might be a dancing duo of black holes, where one partner is causing the jet of the othe...

(Phys.org) --Using the powerful eye of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, two teams of scientists have found faint signatures of water in the atmospheres of five distant planets.

Stop whatever you're doing (unless you're performing brain surgery) and watch this astonishing and enthralling time-lapse video, showing the Earth from space using photographs taken by astronauts aboard the International...

This image of the Transantarctic Mountains was taken from the NASA P-3 airborne laboratory on Nov. 27, 2013, near the end of the 2013 IceBridge Antarctic campaign....

When it comes to space and energy, we need to think big. That's what one Japanese company is doing -- and they're reaching for the moon, literally.