Astronomy/Cosmology
After thirty-five years of listening for extra-terrestrial intelligence, astronomer Jill Tarter is stepping down from the research and will now be...
Scientists on NASA's asteroid sample return mission, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-...
The International Space Station's Expedition 31 crew grappled and attached SpaceX's Dragon capsule to the space station Friday. This is the first...
New research from North Carolina State University shows that a wind-driven "tumbleweed" Mars rover would be capable of moving across rocky Martian...
Recently, a study was published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society proposing planets simply adrift in space may be something of...
The universe is a marvelously complex place, filled with galaxies and larger-scale structures that have evolved over its 13.7-billion-year history....
SpaceX has released this automated image, a first look inside the Dragon spacecraft in orbit after the successful launch early this morning. What is...
A planet’s dust cloud may explain strange patterns of light from its star.
Researchers at MIT, NASA and elsewhere have detected a possible planet,...
Saturday morning’s launch window for SpaceX’s historic test flight to the International Space Station lasts just one second. Company President Gwynne...
A physicist presents a solution to present-day cosmic mysteries.
Our universe may exist inside a black hole. This may sound strange, but it could...
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