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October 21, 2015

Orbital Corp. launches rocket to space station after solar scare; food, ants stashed away

Orbital Sciences Corp. launched its unmanned Antares cargo rocket to the International Space Station Wednesday, following a delay after a massive solar explosion led to fears of radiation. 

October 21, 2015

Live from Mars: Mission to beam video back to Earth in 2018

The Mars One colonization project plans to bring live video of the surface of Mars to Earth via a privately built communications satellite and lander to launch as part of an unmanned mission to the Red Planet in 2018.

October 21, 2015

Geminids meteor shower set for Friday night

The annual Geminids meteor shower — the most intense of the year — will peak Friday night.

October 21, 2015

Air Force's mysterious space plane nears 1 year In orbit

The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane is nearing a major milestone — one year of travel in Earth orbit, performing duties in support of long-term space objectives.

October 21, 2015

Alien planet 11 times bigger than Jupiter found in bizarre, massive orbit

An enormous alien planet — one that is 11 times more massive than Jupiter — was discovered in the most distant orbit yet found around a single parent star.

October 21, 2015

Private company plans US's first controlled moon landing in 40 years

A U.S. spacecraft hasn’t made a controlled landing on the moon since Apollo 17 left the lunar surface on Dec. 14, 1972. That’s about to change.

October 21, 2015

ISON's ghost: 'Comet of the century' likely no longer exists

Sad news, comet fans: ISON is no more. It’s a vaporized husk of its former self. A sublimated dirty snowball. Comet ISON is an ex-comet and this time it’s not playing.

October 21, 2015

Brightest explosion ever seen in the universe

A mysterious blast of light spotted earlier this year near the constellation Leo was actually the brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, and was triggered by an extremely powerful stellar explosion, new research reports.

October 21, 2015

Olympic torch heads home after visit to International Space Station

The Soyuz capsule separated from the space station late Sunday with Russian Fyodor Yurchikhin, American Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano of Italy aboard.

October 21, 2015

America's rocketeers: Young geniuses could push the space race forward

Elon Musk led the charge by privatizing space exploration. Now, a new cadre of rocketeers at hackerspaces, schools, and rocket clubs in the U.S. are ready to take the reins.