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May 2, 2016

'Mirror universes' might look and behave like ours, study finds

What's the difference between matter and antimatter? Sometimes nothing, a new study finds

May 2, 2016

Virgin Galactic recruits female test pilot Kelly Latimer

Kelly Latimer, the first female research test pilot ever to join what is now NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, has joined Virgin Galactic as the spaceflight company's newest pilot.

May 2, 2016

Pandemonium! Motion of Pluto's moons perplexes scientists

The orbits of Pluto's four smallest moons are even more chaotic than scientists had expected, according to new results from the New Horizons mission, which made a close flyby of Pluto in July.

May 2, 2016

The active Sun: US unveils plan to deal with space weather

The U.S. government is getting more serious about dealing with the dangers posed by powerful sun storms.

May 2, 2016

Search for life: Where should a Europa lander touch down?

If humanity ever launches a life-hunting mission to the icy surface of Europa, the probe should probably touch down on the "chaos terrain" of the ocean-harboring Jupiter moon, a new study suggests.

May 2, 2016

'Spooky' Halloween asteroid may actually be a comet

The big asteroid that will zoom past Earth on Halloween may actually be a comet, NASA researchers say.

May 2, 2016

Orionid meteor shower peaks overnight tonight: Watch it live online

A meteor shower spawned by the famous Halley's Comet reaches its maximum overnight tonight.

May 2, 2016

Giant 'hole' in Sun is 50 Earths wide

The sun has sprung a leak: A hole in the topmost layer of the sun and its magnetic field, the size of 50 Earths, is letting loose an ultrafast solar wind that has kicked off several nights of auroras down on Earth.

May 2, 2016

Putting astronauts on Mars: NASA lays out three-phase plan

The path to Mars goes through the moon — or the region of space near the moon, anyway.

May 2, 2016

World View's balloon-based space tourism to lift off in 2017

A new type of space tourism is set to lift off two years from now, without the aid of a rocket.