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.
August 1, 2016 Asteroid strike could cause 'immense suffering' A huge asteroid hurtling through space at 63,000mph could one day hit Earth causing "immense suffering and death", astronomers say.
July 31, 2016 Skydiver becomes first person to jump and land without chute A 42-year-old skydiver with more than 18,000 jumps made history Saturday when he became the first person to leap without a parachute and land in a net instead.
July 29, 2016 Space radiation took a toll on Apollo astronauts, study says The rarified group of men who blasted off from Earth on the Apollo missions have suffered from much higher rates of death by cardiovascular disease than not only other astronauts, but a slice of the U.S. population as a whole, a new study finds.
July 28, 2016 Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaks tonight The annual Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaks overnight Thursday, and you can watch the event live via a special webcast by the online Slooh Community Observatory.
July 28, 2016 Solar Impulse 2 pilot: 'We made the impossible possible' Pilot Andre Borschberg believes that Solar Impulse 2’s historic global journey will inspire others to make innovative use of renewable energy.
