August 8, 2016 In our galaxy's center, scientists see a void The center of our galaxy has an enormous void that surprisingly lacks young stars, astronomers announced last week.
August 8, 2016 Death dive! Comet plunges into the Sun at mind-blowing speed A comet with a death wish met a truly fiery end today (Aug.
August 5, 2016 Apollo 11 bag used for lunar samples focus of legal dispute A bag carried to the moon aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft and used for the first sample of lunar material is at the center a legal fight after the government mistakenly sold it during the criminal case against the former director of the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center.
August 5, 2016 UFO over St. Louis? Strange light over Gateway Arch sparks debate A strange light that hovered over the St. Louis Gateway Arch this week is sparking plenty of debate on the internet.
August 4, 2016 Alien life may be common in the far future Astrobiologists will probably have their hands full in a few trillion years.
August 4, 2016 Moon Express approved for private lunar landing in 2017, a space first For the first time ever, a private company has permission to land on the moon.
August 3, 2016 Worried about space weather? New satellite provides warnings A distant satellite called DSCVR is now sending information about potentially damaging space weather back to Earth, NOAA announced last week.
August 3, 2016 Comets go way back to Solar System's birth Comets are pristine remnants left over from the solar system's formation 4.6 billion years ago, rather than younger fragments created by collisions between larger bodies, a new study suggests.
August 2, 2016 No, asteroid Bennu won't destroy Earth NASA's new asteroid-sampling mission will do a lot of interesting things, but helping prepare humanity for Earth's
August 1, 2016 Juno is on its way to closest skim of Jupiter NASA’s Juno spacecraft made a flashy arrival at Jupiter on July 4, and now, the probe has just passed another turning point in its mission.
