February 13, 2017 Landing sites for 2020 Mars rover: NASA weighs 3 options NASA has selected three potential landing sites for the upcoming Mars 2020 rover: an ancient lake, a past volcanic hotbed and an early hot-spring site.
February 13, 2017 'Superflares' likely made Proxima b uninhabitable long ago The nearby alien planet Proxima b is not a great candidate to host life as we know it, a new study suggests.
January 26, 2017 Saturn's moon sparks 'Death Star' comparisons This week NASA released an image of Saturn’s icy moon Tethys. The Twitterverse responded by comparing the heavenly body to the Death Star from “Star Wars”.
January 25, 2017 Cassini captures another stunning view of Saturn and its rings NASA's Cassini spacecraft is known for some of the most extraordinary images of Saturn , and its rings and moons, that we have seen.
January 20, 2017 Mud cracks on Mars suggest a watery ancient past NASA's Curiosity rover has photographed shallow crevices on Mars that may have formed from ancient mud cracks, yet more evidence that the planet had a watery past.
January 19, 2017 Giant mystery wave spotted in atmosphere of Venus A huge wave has been spotted in the upper atmosphere of Venus, baffling scientists because it's staying so still above the planet's surface.
January 13, 2017 NASA's Juno spacecraft to become fastest man-made object as it slingshots around Earth towards Jupiter At 3:21 pm (EDT), NASA'S Mission Juno spacecraft will slingshot around Earth towards Jupiter picking up speed to become the fastest man-made object in history.
January 13, 2017 The reasons for seasons: Why summer just ended and fall began Yesterday, at exactly 4:44 p.m., the first day of the fall season began. We know what that means: pumpkin lattes, the crunch of leaves beneath your boots and brisk weather. But there's more to fall than apple picking -- the new season marks a shift in the Earth's axis.
January 12, 2017 Is the Milky Way's black hole producing speeding 'spitballs'? Apparently no one told the black hole at the center of our galaxy that it’s impolite to spit in public.
January 5, 2017 Scientists finally understand Pluto's ice towers Cold, dark, distant Pluto is home to giant ice ridges, and now scientists are closer to understanding how they formed.
