October 21, 2015 NASA-funded researchers spot first possible 'exomoon' NASA-funded researchers say they have spotted the first signs of what could be an “exomoon” – a moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system – after witnessing a chance encounter between objects in our galaxy.
October 21, 2015 Moon's age revealed, and a lunar mystery may be solved Scientists have pinned down the birth date of the moon to within 100 million years of the birth of the solar system — the best timeline yet for the evolution of our planet's natural satellite.
October 21, 2015 Alien planet may lurk near failed stars Astronomers have spotted signs of a possible exoplanet in a nearby system of twin failed stars.
October 21, 2015 The long, dark search for E.T. (and for ourselves) As our telescopes become ever more powerful, writes science journalist Lee Billings, the universe appears to be receding before humanity’s outstretched hands, while the pressing problems of life on Earth draw our gaze, and our ambitions, down from the skies.
October 21, 2015 Clouds on alien planet mapped for 1st time Scientists have created the first-ever cloud map of a planet beyond our solar system.
October 21, 2015 NASA sees Han Solo on planet Mercury A photo of the surface of the planet Mercury has set astronomers giggling with what appears to be Star Wars' hero Han Solo -- frozen in carbonite
October 21, 2015 4.5 billion 'alien Earths' may populate Milky Way Billions of Earth-like alien planets likely reside in our Milky Way galaxy, and the nearest such world may be just a stone's throw away in the cosmic scheme of things, a new study reports.
October 21, 2015 New stunning nighttime views of Earth unveiled showing city lights, wildfires, auroras Twinkling city lights, raging wildfires and colorful auroras are lit up in new dazzling nighttime views of the Earth.
October 21, 2015 NASA to unveil Mars rover Curiosity findings Monday NASA will discuss the latest Red Planet activities of its Mars rover Curiosity on Monday, but space geeks shouldn't get their hopes up for a bombshell announcement.
October 21, 2015 At far side of solar system, Voyager 1 discovers new region of space NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977 and now the most distant human-made object from the sun, at about 11 billion miles, has entered a new region at the edge of the solar system it is close to exiting forever.
