August 9, 2018 NASA's Parker Solar Probe set to 'touch the Sun' on historic mission NASA is set to launch its Parker Solar Probe Saturday on a historic mission that will “touch the Sun.”
August 7, 2018 Mysterious radio signal found in space and astronomers aren't sure where it's coming from What is puzzling scientists is not the radio burst itself, but that the frequency is nearly 200 MHz lower than any other radio burst ever detected.
August 3, 2018 NASA names nine 'American hero' astronauts for SpaceX, Boeing missions NASA has announced the nine astronauts that will crew the test flights and first missions of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
July 25, 2018 World first: Chinese physicists made a cold atomic clock work in space Telling time precisely is important; it gets you up in the morning and coordinates everything from air travel to the GPS system. And if you do it well enough, you can even use it to navigate outer space.
July 24, 2018 Astronauts' faith: Tiny Bible from the Apollo 14 Moon landing up for auction An extremely rare miniature Bible that traveled to the Moon on the Apollo 14 mission is up for auction.
July 23, 2018 Tiny satellite begins hunt for missing Milky-Way matter A tiny satellite has set out to investigate the halo of incredibly hot gas surrounding the Milky Way — and it could help scientists track down the huge amount of missing matter in the universe.
July 20, 2018 Makings of Moon landing: 50 years ago, Apollo 11 was one year from 'giant leap' One year before humanity's first lunar landing, the moon must have still felt quite far away.
July 19, 2018 Jeff Bezos thinks it could cost $200G to blast you into space Amateur explorers could soon be shot into space for just $200,000.
July 17, 2018 Pentagon sees quantum computing as key weapon for war in space WASHINGTON — Top Pentagon official Michael Griffin sat down a few weeks ago with Air Force scientists at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio to discuss the future of quantum computing in the U.S. military. Griffin, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, has listed quantum computers and related applications among the Pentagon's must-do R&D investments.
July 5, 2018 Opportunity Mars rover still silent beneath raging dust storm NASA's Opportunity Mars rover remains silent as a giant dust storm continues to swirl on the Red Planet.
