May 9, 2016 NASA releases stunning Mercury transit video NASA has released a stunning video of Mercury passing between the Earth and Sun Monday -- a rare astronomical event called planetary transit.
May 9, 2016 Mercury transit of the Sun on May 9: How to see it and what to expect On Monday (May 9), you will have an opportunity to witness one of the rarest astronomical events: a transit of Mercury across the face of the sun.
May 2, 2016 Bright planets, Moon, put on New Year's show Early risers this week will be treated to a spectacular display by the moon and the four brightest planets in the sky, in a fitting celestial welcome to the new year.
May 2, 2016 Space fuel: Plutonium-238 created after 30-Year wait Scientists have produced a powder of plutonium-238 for the first time in nearly 30 years in the United States, a milestone that they say sets the country on a path toward powering NASA's deep-space exploration and other missions
May 2, 2016 Exoplanet hunters made key finds in 2015 When it comes to science, exoplanets are easy to love.
May 2, 2016 Pluto, Mars water and more! The biggest space stories of 2015 The year that was 2015 swept in a significant amount of space and astronomy science.
May 2, 2016 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' will likely be a real (star)killer! To paraphrase a beloved Jedi, that's no moon — but it's one step closer: the upcoming "Star Wars" movie promises a weaponized enemy base carved from an ice planet.
May 2, 2016 Earth stole water and more from the young Moon Earth may have stolen away water that would otherwise have gone to the moon.
May 2, 2016 Pandemonium! Motion of Pluto's moons perplexes scientists The orbits of Pluto's four smallest moons are even more chaotic than scientists had expected, according to new results from the New Horizons mission, which made a close flyby of Pluto in July.
May 2, 2016 Search for life: Where should a Europa lander touch down? If humanity ever launches a life-hunting mission to the icy surface of Europa, the probe should probably touch down on the "chaos terrain" of the ocean-harboring Jupiter moon, a new study suggests.