May 2, 2016 Space fuel: Plutonium-238 created after 30-Year wait Scientists have produced a powder of plutonium-238 for the first time in nearly 30 years in the United States, a milestone that they say sets the country on a path toward powering NASA's deep-space exploration and other missions
May 2, 2016 Exoplanet hunters made key finds in 2015 When it comes to science, exoplanets are easy to love.
May 2, 2016 Pluto, Mars water and more! The biggest space stories of 2015 The year that was 2015 swept in a significant amount of space and astronomy science.
May 2, 2016 'Lunartic' snaps awesome photo of airplane crossing the Moon Living right on the flight path to Los Angeles International Airport delivers stunning night sky shots of the moon for astrophotographer Raul Roa. Roa takes photos of the moon as airplanes cross its face from his home in Whittier, California.
May 2, 2016 Will an asteroid threaten Earth on Christmas Eve? There is no substance to multiple media reports that an asteroid passing by Earth on Christmas Eve
May 2, 2016 Cosmic lightsaber slices through clouds in awesome new image A powerful lightsaber slices through the dark clouds of dust and gas that surround it.
May 2, 2016 Liftoff! New Space Station crew launch includes a first for the UK Two experienced fliers and a space newbie — the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station — launched spaceward on a Russian rocket Tuesday.
May 2, 2016 SpaceX, ULA transforming historic launchpads for commercial crew flights They were the sites where men left for the moon and space shuttles launched into orbit, where rovers departed for Mars and probes took off to the outer planets.
May 2, 2016 Geminid meteor shower set to put on dazzling display This week marks the return of one of the best meteor showers in the year, the Geminids.
May 2, 2016 SpaceX may try land-based rocket landing this month, NASA official says CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX may try to make history with its next launch later this month, returning its rocket to a landing pad rather than an ocean-based platform, a NASA official said today (Dec.
