Space News

All systems are go for the Monday launch of a SpaceX Dragon space capsule carrying NASA cargo the International Space Station on Monday (April 13), a mission that will also include a novel reusable rocket landing attempt...

United Launch Alliance's next rocket will be named Vulcan. The name was selected from an online vote that ULA said received more than a million ballots. The post ULA’s Next Rocket To Be Named Vulcan appeared first on S...

United Launch Alliance, a cooperative launch service by Lockheed Martin and Boeing, unveiled its Next-Generation Launch Vehicle, on April 13, 2015. ULA Vulcan can be more cost-competitive with SpaceX and other launch pro...

An incoming storm forced SpaceX to postpone the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket April 13 carrying a Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, a mission that also features another landing attempt of the rock...

SpaceX will have to wait another day to deliver groceries and an espresso maker to the International Space Station.

With its thick, hazy atmosphere and surface rivers, mountains, lakes and dunes, Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is one of the most Earthlike places in the solar system.

When people conjure an image of a robot in their mind, they may imagine something out of a steampunk story--complex gears, rotors and clockworks. All metal, no muscle--but that's all about to change.

Rare tropical methane storms could help solve the mystery of how strange, giant dunes form on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, researchers say.

Mornings are about to improve for the Italian astronaut who's been suffering through instant coffee at the International Space Station since fall. An espresso machine is on the supply capsule scheduled for launch Monday.

Scientists on the Dark Energy Survey have released the first in a series of dark matter maps of the cosmos. These maps, created with one of the world's most powerful digital cameras, are the largest contiguous maps creat...

The American Physical Society is holding its annual April Meeting at the moment in Baltimore, Maryland, and one of the highlights, research-wise, comes to us courtesy of the Dark Energy Survey (DES)... --

From improving LCD screens to testing espresso machines, a variety of research is headed to the International Space Station aboard the sixth SpaceX contracted resupply mission. The Dragon spacecraft will deliver research...

A new analysis of the chemical make-up of meteorites has helped scientists work out when the Earth formed its layers.

New data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft suggest varied origins for tantalizing gleams on the dwarf planet's surface --

Giant storms on Saturn known as 'Great White Spots' may be caused by moisture in the planet's atmosphere, researchers say.

Arianespace Press Releases:

Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics:

SES said it would fly a U.S. solar-science mission, called GOLD, as a hosted payload on the company's SES-14 satellite to launch in 2017 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The post SES Satellite Chosen To Host NASA Solar S...

Light makes life, and sometimes, life returns the favor. There's nothing more magical than watching fireflies flit across a starlit field on a summer's night. Growing up in Northern Maine, summer was an all-too swiftly p...

Liquid water likely lurks just below the surface of Mars on cold winter nights, according to new research. Is it enough to support microscopic life-forms?

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

Studying the atmosphere of an exoplanet, Swiss astronomers derived a temperature profile with unprecedented precision. Their results are based on data collected with a relatively small ground-based telescope. This opens ...