Space News

The first U.S. government-approved drone delivery has taken place with a drone delivering medical supplies to a mobile clinic in rural Virginia. It is hoped that the delivery will help relax the public's view of drones.

Dawn began spiraling down to its third Ceres science orbit on June 30 but experienced a problem almost immediately and went into a protective "safe mode." The mission team has now determined what happened and cleared Daw...

Griffith Observatory Curator Dr. Laura Danly and Griffith Observatory Director Dr. E.C. Krupp show the latest images of Pluto from New Horizons and illustrate Pluto's impact on culture from its discovery until now....

The first close-up image of Nix snapped by the New Horizons probe reveal that Pluto's third satellite is only 25 miles (40 kilometers) wide.

Rings of X-ray light flare and fade around an active black hole in a stunning new set of observations by NASA's Swift space telescope. The bull's-eye structure results from the reflection of X-ray light by dust, which cr...

NASA wrapped up a week of historic news from Pluto with more amazing images and scientific discoveries. Starting next week, NASA will transition to weekly news conferences as there's new data to present....

After a nearly decade-long journey, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft arrived at Pluto on July 14 - passing by at a mere 7,750 miles above the surface ... resulting in an absolutely breathtaking image - the closest ever of ...

As you might know, I'm a pretty big Doctor Who fan (as in OHMYGODILOVETHISSHOW), and I'm really looking forward to the next season. While the last season had some issues (arg, "Kill the Moon") there were several great ep...

Life in a binary system might not be as magic as it seems in the movies.