October 21, 2015 Mars Curiosity rover reaches Mount Sharp, prepares for drilling mission NASA's Curiosity rover is about to conduct some serious scientific drilling at Mars.
October 21, 2015 NASA eyes potential landing sites for 2020 Mars rover mission NASA is looking for a place to land its next car-size rover on Mars.
October 21, 2015 Jupiter's moon Europa may have plate tectonics just like Earth Jupiter's icy moon Europa, regarded as perhaps the solar system's best bet to host alien life, keeps getting more and more interesting.
October 21, 2015 Strange spikes over Siberia puzzle astronauts Houston, we have a question: What are these weird spiky shapes we're seeing as we fly over Siberia? That's what astronauts were asking this June, when the sight of strange, dark-green features running along Siberia's Kulunda Steppe left them stumped, according to NASA's Earth Observatory
October 21, 2015 Hints of mysterious particle detected in 'Big Bang soup' Hints of a mysterious particle that has been long suspected to exist but has never been spotted are being revealed in a new experiment
October 21, 2015 NASA probe sees Pluto and its moon Charon like never before A NASA spacecraft hurtling toward a 2015 rendezvous with Pluto has captured an amazing video of the dwarf planet and its largest moon, Charon.
October 21, 2015 NASA is building the world's first 3D-printed space cameras NASA is already using 3d printing to make rocket engine parts, a space pizza maker and even physical photos from the Hubble Space Telescope.
October 21, 2015 US Navy practices retrieving Orion spacecraft from Pacific Ocean to prep for December launch The U.S. Navy and NASA wrapped up the second round of practice recoveries of the Orion spacecraft, which is designed to bring humans to the moon, asteroids and, eventually, to Mars. ...
October 21, 2015 Record-breaking cosmic 'magnifying glass' found by Hubble telescope In a surprising discovery, astronomers have found a faraway galaxy that doubles as a cosmic "magnifying glass."
October 21, 2015 Space station shipment takes food, stink-free gym outfits, to astronauts A commercial cargo ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday, carrying food, science samples and new odor-resistant gym clothes for the resident crew.