July 9, 2018 Asteroid discovery: Rare space rock fragment found Researchers have found part of an asteroid that turned into a blazing fireball as it disintegrated over southern Africa last month.
July 9, 2018 Fireball flies across Midwest skies Sunday, leaves 'brilliant green light' A meteor forms when a meteoroid, a type of space rock that breaks off from an asteroid — a rocky body orbiting the sun — enters Earth's atmosphere.
July 9, 2018 Superbright quasar could shed light on universe's youth A newfound quasar is blasting out the brightest radio emissions ever observed in the early universe, new research reports.
July 9, 2018 The end is nigh for NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope The end is near for the most prolific planet hunter of all time.
July 6, 2018 Epic crash with 'sausage' galaxy shaped Milky Way's bulge A sausage-shaped galaxy smashed into our own Milky Way billions of years ago, changing our galaxy's shape forever.
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.
July 5, 2018 Einstein's theory of gravity passes its toughest test yet Einstein's theory of general relativity has passed its toughest-ever test with flying colors, a new study reports.
July 5, 2018 Something big crashed into Uranus and changed it forever It turns out that Uranus is so weird because of a massive collision billions of years ago.
July 5, 2018 How long would it take to cross the Milky Way at light speed? The disk of our home galaxy – the Milky Way – is bigger than we previously thought. A new study shows it would take 200,000 years for a spaceship traveling at the speed of light to go across the entire galaxy.
July 3, 2018 China plans 'megarocket' that could outperform NASA, SpaceX, expert says Private space companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin have captured several headlines recently as they head for the stars. But as the Trump administration focuses on a "space force" and continuing America's "unparalleled space leadership," China has unveiled plans to build a powerful rocket that would rival anything NASA and private industry have to offer.
