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Leading NASA official says we're abandoning our post on the International...
During a meeting of NASA's advisory council earlier this month, NASA's chief of human spaceflight, William Gerstenmaier, said "We're going to get out of ISS as quickly as we can,"Ars Technica...
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John Legend explains his fascination with space and new song made from star...
You might not suspect it, but both John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen are space enthusiasts.Though they didn't study space-related subjects while in school, Legend told Business Insider that he...
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Stunning close-up images show Pluto like we've never seen it before
NASA just released the best look at Pluto that we'll see from the New Horizons flyby in July.The spacecraft captured these images just 10,000 miles away from Pluto, with a resolution of about 250 feet...
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How to watch one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year this weekend
One of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year will peak this weekend.The Geminid meteor shower happens every year around this time, as the Earth passes through the tail of debris from a small...
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How to watch the most spectacular meteor shower of the year this weekend
The second of the two most spectacular meteor showers of the year is happening this weekend.And experts say that the conditions for watching it will be "perfect.""A bright moon will cut down the number...
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Here’s why people are saying we may have found a mysterious 'Planet X'
Astronomers using a telescope in Chile have found evidence they are saying could be previously undetected worlds hiding at the farthest edges of our solar system.The idea of a mysterious 'Planet X'...
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We finally may have solved the mystery of those bright spots on dwarf planet...
Scientists think they've finally solved the mystery of the strange bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres in the Asteroid Belt.We got our first glimpse of one of the bright spots back in 2003, and this...
View ArticleNeil Armstrong almost died in this fiery crash during a 1968 test flight
Before he became the first person to set foot on the moon, Neil Armstrong nearly lost his life in a fiery test flight crash in 1968.In a video provided by NASA, the terrifying incident shows how the...
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10 inspiring, gut-wrenching pleas from astronauts to save the Earth
From 250 miles up, astronauts have an unparalleled view of Earth. They can also easily see the devastating effects of climate change and pollution as they ravage the planet.That's why past and present...
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The best places in the country to watch tonight's stunning meteor shower
A dazzling meteor shower is happening tonight with perfect viewing conditions because the moon will be a very thing crescent, so its light won't interfere with the show.Each December, we're treated to...
View ArticleThe Geminid meteor shower will be visible tonight — here's what you'll...
The Geminid meteor shower is peaking this weekend and will be visible on December 13.Meteor showers are nature's nocturnal entertainment. During large showers, like the Perseids and Geminids, you can...
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Here's how ridiculously fast we could visit everything in the solar system if...
For humans, the mysteriously wondrous planets and moons in our solar system are ridiculously far away and can take many years to reach.But for light traveling at 670 million mph, even the farthest...
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How to watch one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year tonight
One of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year will peak this weekend.The Geminid meteor shower happens every year around this time, as the Earth passes through the tail of debris from a small...
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This 1-minute animation will change your perspective on life in the universe
If extraterrestrial life is anything like what we see on Earth, then chances are it's living on Earth-like planets thousands, or even millions, of light years from our solar system.Today, astronomers...
View ArticleNASA is revolutionizing our understanding of Mars — here's how
2015 marked 50 years of successful NASA missions to Mars which started with Mariner 4 in 1965. These are the NASA rovers and satellites currently exploring the planet.Produced by Ruchika AgarwalFollow...
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NASA is accepting astronaut applications, and this quiz will tell you if you...
If you have a taste for adventure to go where few have gone before, then you might want to sign up to be a NASA astronaut.On December 14, for the first time in four years, NASA began accepting...
View ArticleNASA is hiring new astronauts — here are the requirements
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Astronomers just predicted the replay of a star's violent death for the first...
For the first time ever, astronomers have successfully predicted when and where the monstrous explosion of a star, called a supernova, would occur.Astronomers made the prediction in November 2015 based...
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These are the hardest things to get used to when living in space, according...
Above a door on a platform standing 200 feet in the air that connects to the NASA space shuttle that ferries astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), there's a sign that holds some serious...
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The International Space Station is about to get its first British astronaut...
Tim Peake is about to become the first publicy-funded Briton in space. But it’s a long time since the first British citizen went there.While much of the hype around Major Peake’s mission has revolved...
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