May 2, 2016 NASA unveils spectacular photo for Hubble Telescope's 25th birthday An awe-inspiring landscape of multicolored dust and jewel-like stars has been unveiled as the official image of the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope.
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 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 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 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.
May 2, 2016 Giant alien planet has four suns in its sky Planets with four suns in their sky may be more common than previously thought, a new study suggests.
May 2, 2016 NASA tests Mars ‘flying saucer’ NASA has given the world another glimpse of its revolutionary flying saucer technology, which will play a crucial role in future Mars missions.
May 2, 2016 Major solar storm hits Earth A severe solar storm smacked Earth with a surprisingly big geomagnetic jolt Tuesday, potentially affecting power grids and GPS tracking while pushing the colorful northern lights farther south, federal forecasters said.
