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May 8, 2018

NASA testing planes that will quietly break sound barrier

NASA is working to make quiet supersonic commercial travel a reality. The technology could reduce travel time, allowing people to travel from New York to Los Angeles in under three hours.

May 8, 2018

Jupiter in opposition: Planet will appear bigger, brighter on Tuesday

You won't need binoculars to catch this shiny display: Jupiter will be at its biggest and brightest Tuesday night.

May 8, 2018

Bound for Mars, world's 1st interplanetary Cubesats phone home

Two tiny satellites that just launched on a historic mission to Mars have phoned home for the first time.

May 7, 2018

Rubber-Ducky comets may have taken a violent beating

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko may have survived multiple impacts on the way to forming its peanut shape.

May 7, 2018

SpaceX Dragon capsule returns to Earth from Space Station

A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship is returning to Earth today (May 5) with more than 2 tons of NASA gear from the International Space Station.

May 7, 2018

Proof of 'planet nine' may be sewn into medieval tapestries

The far reaches of the outer solar system may be home to an icy giant — a hypothetical planet scientists have dubbed "Planet Nine."

May 6, 2018

Forget about sending humans to Mars -- we need a permanent moon base instead

NASA’s successful launch Saturday of the InSight lander on an exploratory mission to Mars – costing taxpayers about $814 million – is just the latest example of the long fascination people have had with the Red Planet.

May 5, 2018

NASA launches historic InSight spacecraft with mission to Mars

NASA launched its InSight spacecraft bound for Mars on Saturday morning from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, marking the first interplanetary mission ever to depart from the West Coast.

May 4, 2018

Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks this weekend: What you need to know

Expect to see more showers in May — meteor showers, that is.

May 4, 2018

Commercial space travelers will soon be able to send a tweet from space

Solstar is developing a Wi-Fi network that can be used commercially in space. On Sunday they made a big step in the right direction when they sent the first tweet from space that only used commercial infrastructure.