Trilobites: Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Gets Its Close-Up

NASA’s Juno spacecraft passed a few thousand miles above the gargantuan storm, revealing intricate patterns of…

Moon Express Sets Its Sights on Deliveries to the Moon and Beyond

The Florida start-up is not just aiming to win $20 million in the Google Lunar X…

High Above Mars, a NASA Orbiter Spies the Curiosity Rover

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been taking images of the rover about every three months to…

A Chicken Sandwich Hitches a Balloon Ride to the Stratosphere

The first customer for a high-tech balloon that will be able to hover in the stratosphere…

NASA’s Newest Class of Astronauts Is Ready to Hit the Pool

The newest class of astronauts will learn how to spacewalk in a 60-foot-deep pool, and learn…

Fruit Flies and Mice to Get New Home on Space Station, at Least Temporarily

The next SpaceX mission will carry insects and rodents to help scientists understand the effects of…

NASA’s Jupiter Mission Reveals the ‘Brand-New and Unexpected’

Observations taken from the first few orbits of the Juno spacecraft provide a glimpse of the…

NASA Denies Trump’s Request to Send Astronauts Past the Moon on New Rocket

The agency announced that adding astronauts to the mission would have cost $600 million to $900…

Trilobites: The Harmony That Keeps Trappist-1’s 7 Earth-size Worlds From Colliding

Astronomers can now explain why the recently discovered Earth-size planets, tightly packed, don’t simply fly apart.…

Plumes From Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Hint That It Could Support Life

Data from the Cassini spacecraft suggest that hydrothermal vents could provide ingredients for microbes or other…