October 21, 2015 Most powerful star explosion ever seen Two NASA space telescopes have captured what appears to be the most powerful star explosion ever detected, a cosmic event so luminous that scientists dubbed it "eye-wateringly bright" despite being 3.6 billion light-years from Earth.
October 21, 2015 Meteorite crashes through roof in Connecticut, scientist says A Yale scientist says a rock that crashed through the roof of a home in Wolcott was a meteorite.
October 21, 2015 First manned Mars mission draws flood of applicants They'll be crammed into a space the size of an RV for more than a year, breathing recycled air, subsisting on dehydrated food and drinking their purified urine. But the applications are already rolling in for the first manned mission to Mars.
October 21, 2015 Sun unleashes biggest solar flare of the year yet The most powerful solar flare of the year erupted from the sun Thursday sparking a temporary radio blackout on Earth, NASA officials say.
October 21, 2015 Mars rover missions to go on spring break due to sun's interference Such communication blackouts occur every two years when the red planet disappears behind the sun.
October 21, 2015 New space station crew to launch and dock today in cosmic first After blasting off on a Russian rocket ride Thursday, March 28, three men are poised to make history by reaching the International Space Station faster than any astronauts to fly there before.
October 21, 2015 NASA probe reveals dark side of the moon Some parts of the moon haven't seen the sun in millions, and even billions, of years but an unmanned NASA spacecraft is shedding light on these lunar lands of permanent darkness.
October 21, 2015 Voyager 1 escapes sun, enters new region of space After cruising the “magnetic highway” that rings the very outskirts of the solar system, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new and unexplored region of space, although it had yet to exit the solar system, NASA indicated.
October 21, 2015 NASA's Mars rover Curiosity sidelined again after experiencing new problem After recovering from a computer problem, the Mars rover Curiosity is sidelined again, further delaying the restart of science experiments.
October 21, 2015 Audit to probe reports of leaked military secrets from NASA facilities The NASA office of the inspector general will audit NASA’s Ames research facility in the wake of a FoxNews.com report on violations of International Trade in Arms Regulations (ITAR) laws at a storied California space-research facility.
