May 2, 2016 Welcome to the dark side: Comet's hidden face emerges For a long five and a half years, Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko's southern side has been shrouded by darkness.
May 2, 2016 Listening for alien life: Could new tech detect microbe movements? Spacecraft may one day be able to detect alien life by listening to the sounds microbes make.
May 2, 2016 ‘The Martian’ director Ridley Scott explains his Mars fascination The sci-fi adventure “The Martian” has landed in theaters starring Matt Damon as an astronaut forced to find ways of surviving on Mars solo after being left behind by his crew. The film is based on the popular book by Andy Weir and provides many science based explanations of how he could live on the red planet.
May 2, 2016 New NASA images show Pluto’s moon Charon in stunning detail NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has sent incredible images of Pluto’s largest moon Charon back to Earth.
May 2, 2016 SolarCity will make its most sophisticated rooftop solar panel in the US – not China SolarCity, co-founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, is bucking a trend by bringing production of its most-cutting-edge solar panels to the U.S.
May 2, 2016 Private moon landing set for 2017 The first private moon landing could be just two years away.
May 2, 2016 NASA's next nuclear-powered Mars rover: Building the beast MONROVIA, California — NASA's next nuclear-powered Mars rover, slated to launch in 2020, is slowly coming together.
May 2, 2016 The science behind ‘The Martian’ movie gets a NASA ‘thumbs up’ The science behind Matt Damon’s upcoming science-fiction movie "The Martian" received a thumbs up from Jim Green, NASA’s director of planetary science at a press event earlier this month.
May 2, 2016 Fire fountains of the ancient Moon explained The ancient lunar surface once erupted with geysers of lava — and now, scientists think they know what caused those fiery fountains.
May 2, 2016 Amazing 'red lightning' photographed from space Like a giant jellyfish floating through the atmosphere, "red sprites" hover above thunderstorms in two new photographs snapped from space
