January 5, 2016 Stargazers' delight: All five visible planets set to showcase From Jan. 20 to Feb. 20, the five visible planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be simultaneously visible in the predawn and dawn sky.
December 30, 2015 Congress is pushing NASA to develop a deep space habitat by 2018 Though dust has hardly settled on NASA's triumphant budget increase doled out by members of Congress this month, the agency is already hard at work proving it deserves the extra funding.
December 18, 2015 Cassini probe to make one last flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus NASA’s Cassini probe will close a significant chapter Saturday when it makes its final close flyby of the ocean-bearing moon Enceladus.
December 16, 2015 Cassini probe takes 'cosmic bulls-eye' of Saturn moons Enceladus,Tethys The moons of Saturn are doing their best to upstage the planet’s iconic rings.
December 15, 2015 Citizen scientists name planet in global contest He’s a planet named Thestias, he resides in a galaxy far, far FAR away, and citizen scientist astronomers can add naming him to their bragging rights.
December 14, 2015 These Jupiter-like exoplanets aren't so dry after all One of the mysteries around several hot, Jupiter-sized exoplanets is why they appeared to harbor so little water. Now, a team of researchers using NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes has come up with the answer, which could provide a better understanding of planetary atmospheres and even how planets in our galaxy are assembled.
December 10, 2015 Saturn's largest moon Titan is bursting with color NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has managed to penetrate the haze of Saturn’s moon Titan, revealing a world basking in blues, greens and even reds.
December 9, 2015 Scientists begin to unravel mystery behind bright spots on Ceres In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature, Andreas Nathues and his colleagues documented 130 bright spots on Ceres ranging in brightness from the color of concrete to ocean ice. It also found these “unusual areas” of brightness are consistent with the presence of “hydrated magnesium sulfates mixed with dark background material.”
December 7, 2015 Second time lucky for Japan's Venus orbiter? Japan’s Akatsuki Venus probe tried to enter the planet’s orbit Sunday, five years after its last attempt ended in failure.
December 5, 2015 New Pluto photos show breathtaking views of dwarf planet Get ready to be amazed: NASA today unveiled the best-ever images of Pluto, revealing the dwarf planet's varied and exotic landscape in amazing detail.
