Cassini will plunge into the watery geysers to search for evidence of hydrothermal vents and other clues about the moon's hidden ocean
The stellar corpse spotted by a NASA telescope backs up a theory that white dwarf stars eat planetary remnants
“The ‘little spacecraft that could’ is making a lot of big discoveries,” says Alan Stern
From the original film rolls that the astronauts took into space, a work-a-day routine emerges of Apollo mission voyages
Scientists with the ANSMET program will endure six weeks near the South Pole during an annual field trip to find meteorites
Take in the majesty of the unusual astrophysical event with these photos captured around the world
Andy Weir's tale of a stranded astronaut got its start as a blog, complete with reader comments that helped shape the plot
Albert Einstein's breakthrough from a century ago was out of this world. Now it seems surprisingly down-to-earth
If alien life is distributed in a pattern that mirrors epidemics, it could be strong support for the theory of panspermia
The metal sphere lets one magnetic field pass through another undetected, which could lead to improvements in medical imaging
The latest snapshot of a Jupiter-like world hints at the potential for seeing more diverse planets in direct images
The annual event sent sparks flying over dark skies as Earth plowed through debris from a comet
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
Chile's northern coast offers an ideal star-gazing environment with its lack of precipitation, clear skies and low-to-zero light pollution
On the 46th anniversary of the historic moonwalk, the spacesuit that made it possible is headed to the conservation lab
Spanning the full 9.5 years of the mission to date, the images by Michael Soluri capture the people behind the epic close encounter
From fresh-faced moons to ice mountains, these are the visual surprises that hit the ground the day after the Pluto flyby
The historic flyby may be over, but the spacecraft should still go on to study even smaller bodies on its path through the Kuiper belt
Mission scientists have received the confirmation signal that the pre-programmed event went as planned and the craft is healthy
From dark poles to weird "whales", New Horizons is giving us a taste of the historic science we can expect from its visit to Pluto
After collecting real-time data from the sun, two astrophysicists got to tinkering with video game components and the outcome is breathtaking
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