October 13, 2015 Hubble space telescope captures stunning image of barred spiral galaxy The Hubble space telescope has captured a stunning image of a faraway galaxy known as a barred spiral.
October 9, 2015 NASA confirms ancient lakes existed on Mars 2 to 3 billion years ago Billions of years ago, there were lakes shimmering on Mars. That is the conclusion from the team behind NASA's Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity, who used data from the Curiosity rover to determine that water helped deposit sediment into Gale Crater. Three years ago, the rover landed at the crater and it has been exploring the area ever since.
October 8, 2015 Martian sand dune resembles a massive leech A leech appears to be crawling across the surface of Mars.
September 21, 2015 Stunning Perseid meteor shower pictures Stargazers in the northern hemisphere enjoyed the oldest meteor shower known to Earth in August 2015. The annual Perseid shower occurs when pieces of comet Swift-Tuttle hit Earth's atmosphere at more than 133,000 mph and burn up. Here are some stunning images of the 2015 Perseid meteor shower.
September 21, 2015 Stunning Perseid meteor shower pictures Stargazers in the northern hemisphere enjoyed the oldest meteor shower known to Earth in August 2015. The annual Perseid shower occurs when pieces of comet Swift-Tuttle hit Earth's atmosphere at more than 133,000 mph and burn up. Here are some stunning images of the 2015 Perseid meteor shower.
September 21, 2015 NASA’s Pluto mission in pictures NASA made space history when its New Horizons spacecraft made its flyby of Pluto on July 14, 2015 after an epic journey of 3 billion miles -- which lasted more than 9 years -- to the dwarf planet.
July 23, 2015 Solar Impulse 2’s epic journey in pictures The Solar Impulse 2 plane is undertaking a historic solar-powered journey around the globe. The lightweight plane, a larger version of a single-seat prototype that first flew five years ago, is made of carbon fiber and has 17,248 solar cells built into the wing that supply the plane with renewable energy, via four motors. The solar cells recharge four lithium polymer batteries, which provide power for night flying.
June 12, 2015 NASA's 'flying saucer' in pictures NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), or ‘flying saucer', aims to test landing technologies for future Mars missions. NASA launched its second LDSD test flight on June 8, 2015, although only one of the two technologies designed to slow its descent to earth fully deployed.
May 21, 2015 The best of Hubble: NASA marks telescope's 25th anniversary On April 24, 1990, NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope. The telescope rocketed into space aboard the shuttle Discovery, and now after 25 years of giving people a glimpse at some of the farthest reaches of outer space, Hubble has been honored by NASA with a week-long celebration. Here are some of the best views of the cosmos captured by Hubble.
May 21, 2015 Astronauts return to Earth after six months on International Space Station A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday, ending the astronauts' nearly six months aboard the International Space Station.
