May 2, 2016 Newfound alien planet is one of the farthest ever detected A NASA telescope has co-discovered one of the most distant planets ever identified: a gas giant about 13,000 light-years away from Earth.
May 2, 2016 Meteorites help date the violent birth of Earth's moon The cataclysmic collision between Earth and a Mars-size object that forged the moon may have occurred about 4.47 billion years ago, suggests a study of meteorites with ancient fragments from that cosmic impact.
May 2, 2016 NASA releases first color image of Pluto and its moon Charon NASA has just released the first color image ever taken of Pluto and its moon Charon. The image was taken by the Ralph color imager that is stationed aboard the New Horizon spacecraft -- the fastest ever launched -- which is on a historic mission to study Pluto up-close.
May 2, 2016 Freakish asteroid likely spun so fast it exploded An odd asteroid rotated so fast that it blew itself apart, a new study suggests.
May 2, 2016 Explosive culprit? Russian fireball's origins found A crackling fireball that exploded over Russia last year appears to share an orbit with a huge asteroid discovered in October 2014, a new study reports.
May 2, 2016 Signs of alien life will be found by 2025, NASA's chief scientist predicts Humanity is on the verge of discovering alien life, high-ranking NASA scientists say.
May 2, 2016 Radio bursts from space reveal strange mathematical pattern Eleven fast radio bursts from space seem to follow a strange mathematical pattern, according to a new study – and it has researchers scratching their heads.
May 2, 2016 Planets like Tatooine from ‘Star Wars’ may exist Desert planets with twin sunsets akin to Tatooine – the fictional Earthlike home of Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars: Episode IV”– may exist, according to new research.
May 2, 2016 Mars rover Curiosity spots 'ice cream sandwich' rocks (Photos) NASA's Curiosity rover has photographed some Martian rocks that bear a passing resemblance to a tasty frozen treat.
May 2, 2016 Strange 'hollows' on Mercury revealed by NASA probe as mission end nears Mercury, the barren planet closest to the sun, may seem like a dead world, but new images taken by a NASA probe nearing the end of its life reveal the planet may still be undergoing geological activity.
