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September 26, 2017

Astronaut spies fiery river from the International Space Station

If you get the angle just right…it makes a river look like it’s on fire.

September 26, 2017

Voyager spacecraft sail on, 40 years after launch

Nearly 40 years after lifting off, NASA's historic Voyager mission is still exploring the cosmos.

September 25, 2017

Cassini Saturn probe preps for last hurrah

After orbiting Saturn for more than 13 years, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is getting ready to say goodbye.

September 25, 2017

Elon Musk reveals SpaceX spacesuit in Instagram post

Elon Musk shared a photo on Instagram showing the SpaceX spacesuit.

September 25, 2017

How Mars astronauts could turn pee into plastics

Plastic from urine? That's the plan because nothing is wasted in space.

September 25, 2017

Proposed orbiter could probe the ocean beneath Saturn's moon Titan

When NASA's Cassini mission arrived at Saturn, it pressed through the haze surrounding the ringed planet's largest moon, Titan, to reveal a complex, liquid-covered world with the potential to support life.

September 25, 2017

LA 'UFO' mystery solved

The mysterious object in the sky above Los Angles on Saturday night has been identified.

September 19, 2017

Goodbye Cassini: NASA spacecraft makes 'death plunge' into Saturn's atmosphere

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made its dramatic ‘death plunge’ into Saturn’s atmosphere Friday, ending an epic 20-year space journey.

September 19, 2017

Time travel isn't possible…or is it?

Paul Sutter is an astrophysicist at The Ohio State University and the chief scientist at COSI Science Center.

September 19, 2017

Astronaut Peggy Whitson returns to Earth after record-breaking spaceflight

Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth late Saturday, wrapping up a record-breaking flight that catapulted her to first place for U.S. space endurance.