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October 21, 2015

Mars One to Muslims: End the fatwa and come fly with us

A space exploration company planning to send four people on a one-way trip to Mars is fighting back against Islamic authorities -- who issued a fatwah saying the trip was akin to suicide.

October 21, 2015

NASA probe beams Its 1st lunar photos to Earth

NASA's newest moon probe has beamed its view of the lunar surface back to Earth for the first time.

October 21, 2015

Energy ribbon at solar system's edge a 'cosmic roadmap'

A strange ribbon of energy and particles at the edge of the solar system first spotted by a NASA spacecraft appears to serve as a sort of "roadmap in the sky" for the interstellar magnetic field, scientists say.

October 21, 2015

Humanity will detect aliens by 2040, researcher says

Intelligent extraterrestrial beings are out there, and we’ll be meeting them shortly – perhaps within the next 25 years, according to one scientist.

October 21, 2015

The North Star Polaris is getting brighter

After dimming for the last few decades, the North Star is beginning to shine brightly again. And over the last two centuries, the brightening has become rather dramatic.

October 21, 2015

Russian astronauts spacewalk to complete camera hookup, cables thwarted Dec. attempt

Two Russian space station astronauts took a spacewalk Monday to complete a camera job left undone last month.

October 21, 2015

A decade after landing on Mars, NASA's Opportunity rover still going strong

A decade after landing on Mars, the rover Opportunity is still chugging along.

October 21, 2015

How I suited up and took a 'Marswalk'

My 76-minute "Marswalk" took place at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, where I and the rest of Crew 133 are spending half of January operating as though we are on the Red Planet. The spacesuit I wore is not quite the real deal, but it's close.

October 21, 2015

Hubble telescope captures images of galaxies from 13.2 billion years ago

The Hubble Space Telescope has peered back to a chaotic time 13. 2 billion years ago when never-before-seen galaxies were tiny, bright blue and full of stars bursting to life all over the place.

October 21, 2015

Abundant 'mini-Neptunes' form new class of alien planets

There's a new kind of planet to add to Kepler's cornucopia of alien worlds, and you won't find it in Earth's own solar system.