October 21, 2015 NASA's $17.5B 2015 budget would fund new science missions NASA's 2015 budget would remain essentially flat at $17.5 billion under a White House spending proposal unveiled Tuesday that would hold the line on the agency's biggest space programs while laying the groundwork for major new astrophysics and planetary science missions.
October 21, 2015 Record-breaking meteorite crash on moon sparks brightest lunar explosion ever The high-speed impact of a wayward space rock on the surface of the moon last year triggered the brightest lunar explosion ever seen, scientists say.
October 21, 2015 Huge asteroid to fly safely by Earth Monday An asteroid the size of three football fields is set to make a close brush of Earth on Monday.
October 21, 2015 NASA solves mystery of 'jelly donut' on Mars A mystery rock that appeared before NASA's Opportunity rover in late January -- and bore a strange resemblance to a jelly donut -- is no more than a common piece of stone, NASA said Friday.
October 21, 2015 Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo reaches record height in latest test Space tourism company Virgin Galactic sent its SpaceShipTwo reusable space vehicle to new heights on Friday, blasting the craft nearly 13.5 miles into the air and reaching a speed of Mach 1.4.
October 21, 2015 Huge solar flare delays rocket launch to Space Station Worries over space weather radiation caused by a huge solar flare unleashed from the sun have delayed by 24 hours the planned launch of a private cargo ship to the International Space Station.
October 21, 2015 'Hand of God' spotted by NASA space telescope Religion and astronomy may not overlap often, but a new NASA X-ray image captures a celestial object that resembles the "Hand of God."
October 21, 2015 Alien planet may lurk near failed stars Astronomers have spotted signs of a possible exoplanet in a nearby system of twin failed stars.
October 21, 2015 Space suit issue leads to delay of second spacewalk NASA is delaying its second repair spacewalk by a day to replace a suit for one of its astronauts.
October 21, 2015 NASA unveils ‘superhero’ robot Valkyrie that may be used to explore Mars NASA has unveiled Valkyrie, an advanced humanoid "superhero" robot that appears female and may one day be used to explore Mars.
