October 21, 2015 Astronaut recounts near-drowning on spacewalk, says he felt all alone, felt like eternity The Italian astronaut who nearly drowned in his helmet during a spacewalk last month is sharing more details about the terrifying experience, revealing how he felt all alone and frantically tried to come up with a plan to save himself.
October 21, 2015 NASA abandons hope for failing Kepler space telescope Efforts to save a $600 million tool in NASA’s quest for life elsewhere in the universe have been unsuccessful, the space agency said -- but there's still life left in the robotic planet hunter.
October 21, 2015 Curiosity rover celebrates one year on Mars Mount Sharp has beckoned Curiosity since the NASA rover made its grand entrance on Mars exactly a year ago, dangling from nylon cables to a safe landing.
October 21, 2015 The Real X-Files: Britain makes last of secret UFO files public The U.K. government has released the final batch of secret files related to a decades long hunt for little green men -- and revealed that the hunt for aliens was detracting from “more valuable defense-related activities.”
October 21, 2015 Congress says no to asteroids, yes to moon landing A draft spending bill from the House would drop funding for President Obama's proposed asteroid retrieval project and steer funding back toward lunar exploration.
October 21, 2015 Trip to Mars may mean cancer for astronauts Astronauts who travel to Mars one day could be exposed to dangerous levels of radiation during their trip, even if shielding techniques are used, a new study shows.
October 21, 2015 First ever topographic map of Saturn moon Titan Peering through Titan's thick orange clouds may not be the easiest of tasks, but a team of planetary scientists using NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have done it, and created the first full topographical map of its surface.
October 21, 2015 Amazon CEO's Saturn V rocket engines conserved in Kansas Although they stood up to the immense thrust needed to launch the mighty Saturn V rocket toward the moon, it turns out that the mammoth F-1 engines that powered the booster's first two-and-a-half minutes of flight were no match for the Atlantic Ocean.
October 21, 2015 An actual hunk of Mars is on block in Heritage Auction sale A little piece of Mars fell into the Sahara Desert last year, and now it can be yours for the low, low price of about $160,000, part of an auction of nature and science artifacts from Heritage Auctions.
October 21, 2015 Scientists study violent winds of Uranus, Neptune Screaming winds of infernal violence alternate with periods of dead calm as one nears the surface of Uranus, according to a new analysis of the gas giant.