May 2, 2016 Hubble Space Telescope could survive through 2020, scientists say Scientists working with the long-lived Hubble Space Telescope say that the intrepid eye on the sky could continue functioning through 2020, and even beyond.
May 2, 2016 Some earthlike alien planets may begin as 'mini-Neptunes' Some Earthlike alien worlds may have looked a lot more like miniature versions of Neptune when they were born.
May 2, 2016 Astronaut sees huge winter storm from space (Photos) The monster winter storm that dumped loads of snow on the northeastern United States on Monday and Tuesday (Jan. 26 and 27) looked pretty beastly from 250 miles above the planet.
May 2, 2016 Space probe launched to study northern lights NASA and Utah State University successfully launched a probe into the northern lights early on Wednesday.
May 2, 2016 NASA marks space disaster anniversaries with day of remembrance NASA is honoring its fallen astronauts with a special day of remembrance Wednesday.
May 2, 2016 Found! 5 ancient alien planets nearly as old as the universe Five rocky alien worlds that are 80 percent as old as the universe itself have been discovered, suggesting that Earth-size planets have been a feature of the Milky Way galaxy almost since its beginning.
May 2, 2016 They want to believe: UFO hunters plan database to track sightings An investigative organization has kick-started the creation of a worldwide UFO database, which will allow people around the globe to report their supposed extraterrestrial encounters.
May 2, 2016 Mountain-size asteroid to fly by Earth: How NASA will watch A mountain-size asteroid will zoom past Earth Monday.
May 2, 2016 CU-Boulder pitches telescope that could image at higher-res than Hubble It looks like the Hubble Space Telescope could have some competition. Researchers at the University of Colorado will update NASA this week on the Aragoscope, their space telescope concept that could potentially provide images that are up to 1,000 times sharper than those from Hubble, according to a CU-Boulder press release.
May 2, 2016 Mysterious radio signal from space caught live for first time Astronomers in Australia have picked up an “alien” radio signal from space for the first time as it occurred.