August 31, 2016 Mercury mystery solved: Scientists decode planet's weird surface Mercury has a very diverse surface, with some areas boasting young-looking terrain and others that are heavily cratered, but scientists couldn't explain why the planet's surface had such stark
August 29, 2016 Juno just passed within 2,600 miles of Jupiter Cruising at a breakneck speed of 130,000 miles per hour, Juno zipped around Jupiter on Saturday morning, passing as close as it will get to the massive gas giant throughout its main mission.
August 26, 2016 How we could visit the possibly Earth-like planet Proxima b A potentially Earth-like planet has
August 24, 2016 New neighbor: Scientists discover closest habitable exoplanet Scientists have discovered Proxima b, a rocky planet in orbit around Proxima, the star closest to our solar system. Experts are confident that the planet, which is just four light years away, could be habitable.
August 24, 2016 Alien megastructure? 'Tabby's star' continues to baffle scientists Nearly a year after first making headlines around the world, "Tabby's star" is still guarding its secrets.
August 16, 2016 Does an Earth-like alien planet orbit the Sun's closest neighbor? Astronomers have found a rocky and possibly Earth-like
August 12, 2016 Venus could have once been habitable, NASA says Venus was theoretically able to support human life a very long time ago, a new NASA study reveals.
July 12, 2016 Stunning NASA image shows 'Morse code' dunes on Mars NASA has released an image of dunes on Mars that bear a striking similarity to Morse code.
July 11, 2016 New 'large and bright' dwarf planet discovered in our solar system Using a telescope at the top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, scientists have discovered a new dwarf planet in our solar system, a body about 435 miles across that lacks a name and that researchers still know little about.
July 8, 2016 Juno broke a Guinness World Record: Fastest craft ever Before NASA’s spacecraft Juno fired its engine on July 4 to slow it and place it in Jupiter’s orbit, the probe was zipping through space at a speed so fast it's hard to comprehend.