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September 18, 2017

James Webb Space Telescope will hunt for signs of life in the solar system

The soon-to-launch James Webb Space Telescope will turn its powerful eye on two of the solar system's top candidates for hosting alien life: the icy moons Enceladus and Europa, the agency confirmed in a statement this month.

September 18, 2017

Weird world: Titanium spied in giant alien planet's skies

For the first time ever, titanium oxide has been spotted in an exoplanet's skies, a new study reports.

September 18, 2017

NASA's Cassini spacecraft set for 'death plunge' into Saturn's atmosphere

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is set to make its ‘death plunge’ into Saturn’s atmosphere early Friday, ending an epic space journey that has lasted almost 20 years.

September 18, 2017

NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn: By the numbers

After 20 years spent traveling the solar system and 13 years spent circling Saturn, the remarkable Cassini mission is coming to a bittersweet end.

September 18, 2017

NASA space psychology subjects ending 8 months of isolation

After eight months of living in isolation on a remote Hawaii volcano, six NASA-backed research subjects will emerge from their Mars-like habitat on Sunday and return to civilization.

September 18, 2017

Moon set to block out three planets and the star Regulus in rare 'lunar occultation'

The Moon will align with three planets and one of the brightest stars visible from Earth tonight in a rare spectacle called lunar occultation.

August 21, 2017

Solar eclipse 2017 in pictures

The ‘Great American’ eclipse making its way across the U.S. Monday

August 21, 2017

America prepares for the solar eclipse

On August 21 millions of people across the United States will see a total eclipse of the sun

August 17, 2017

NASA's 'blue collar robot' may help astronauts colonize Mars

What if we could trim that extra weight, launch with minimal resources, and collect the rest of what we need from along the way? That type of travel is called 'massless' and it's likely the future of space exploration.

August 17, 2017

Experts discuss the exponentially worsening space debris problem

In under 25 years, the amount of junk big enough to destroy a spacecraft has more than doubled, according to scientists who met at the seventh European Conference on Space Debris in Germany this week.