May 2, 2016 High school student discovers alien planet An English high school student has become perhaps the youngest person ever to discover an alien planet.
May 2, 2016 Methane in Mars meteorites suggests possibility of life Methane, a potential sign of primitive life, has been found in meteorites from Mars, adding weight to the idea that life could live off methane on the Red Planet, researchers say.
May 2, 2016 LightSail spacecraft snaps solar sail selfie in space The Planetary Society's tiny LightSail spacecraft has sent a photo of its deployed solar sail down to Earth, confirming that the cubesat's shakeout flight has been a complete success.
May 2, 2016 LightSail spacecraft wakes up again, deploys solar sail It wasn't exactly smooth sailing, but The Planetary Society's cubesat got the job done in the end.
May 2, 2016 NASA launches ‘flying saucer’ test flight, suffers chute snafu After a series of weather-related delays, NASA launched the test flight of its revolutionary 'flying saucer' technology Monday. However, only one of the two technologies designed to slow its descent to earth fully deployed.
May 2, 2016 The science behind NASA’s ‘flying saucer’ test If humans are ever going to visit Mars, NASA must consider how it will transport astronauts across millions of miles of space. But the final few miles of that journey may be the most volatile.
May 2, 2016 Eerie comet landscape revealed by Rosetta spacecraft photos A deluge of newly released photos from the Rosetta mission reveals the haunting alien landscape on the surface of a comet as it orbits the sun.
May 2, 2016 NASA 'flying saucer' launch delayed by rough seas, next try Wednesday An innovative saucer-shaped parachute that NASA scientists have dubbed their "flying saucer" will have to wait an extra 24 hours before launching on its latest test flight after rough ocean conditions delayed a planned launch Tuesday.
May 2, 2016 NASA preps revolutionary ‘flying saucer’ test flight NASA will conduct an ambitious test flight of its revolutionary 'flying saucer' technology Tuesday as scientists lay the foundations for future Mars missions.
May 2, 2016 Solar Impulse 2 lands in Japan, waits out bad weather on epic journey across Pacific Solar Impulse 2 has landed in Nagoya, Japan, as the solar-powered plane prepares to wait out a spell of bad weather on its epic flight across the Pacific.
