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ISS Completes its 100,000th Earth Orbit; There Won’t be a 200,000th

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

May 17, 2016 02:43 AM EDT

A return to the Moon is NASA's next target.

This spiral snowflake galaxy hosts a supermassive black hole inside.

Hubble Captures Perfect Snowflake Galaxy

Ana Verayo |

May 16, 2016 07:00 AM EDT

Hubble Space Telescope just spotted a very bright spiral galaxy, resembling a snowflake and emitting powerful X-ray beams.

NASA Averts Shutdown of Deep Space Missions with New Production of Pu-238

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

May 16, 2016 05:18 AM EDT

Before this welcome piece of good news, the U.S. bought all of its Pu-238 supplies from Russia since 1993.

NASA Again Holds Competition to Build Mars Mining Robots

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

May 15, 2016 07:47 PM EDT

All these activities will need mining tools, specifically smart mining robots.

The four Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, spacecraft (shown here in an artist's concept) have now made more than 4,000 trips through the boundaries of Earth's magnetic field, gathering observations of our dynamic space environment.

For the First Time, NASA Satellites Observe Magnetic Explosions in Space Weather

Ana Verayo |

May 15, 2016 08:49 AM EDT

NASA satellites detected magnetic explosions in space for the first time when magnetic fields from all over cross and clash with each other.

Hubble Captures Spinning Comet From Its Closest Approach of Earth

Ana Verayo |

May 15, 2016 05:31 AM EDT

Scientists captured a series of images of the closest celestial object that the Hubble Space Telescope ever captured.

April is Warmest Month Ever Worldwide, Says NASA; May Might be Worse

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

May 15, 2016 02:00 AM EDT

The heat records set from January to April ensure that 2016 will set a new record for the warmest year.

NASA Reveals Spectacular Concepts for Human Missions to Mars

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

May 14, 2016 09:36 AM EDT

NASA plans to send the first humans to Mars in the 2030s.

Pluto’s Frozen Landscape’s Stunning Map: The Most Complete till Date!

Octhaeddeus Boral |

May 13, 2016 01:32 PM EDT

On May 2, a new composite map of Pluto was produced. The map showed most detailed and sharpest view of the dwarf planet. It showed chunks of water ice with sharp and angled corners that float amidst solid nitrogen.

Dragon Wins; SpaceX Beats Boeing in New Space Race

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

May 13, 2016 11:37 AM EDT

SpaceX has already achieved notable firsts in this space race against Boeing.

The Darkest Dwarf Planet in the Solar System is Named Snow White

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

May 13, 2016 06:49 AM EDT

Snow White or 2007 OR10 is the third-largest dwarf planet discovered in the solar system.

Dragon recovery team on site after nominal splashdown in Pacific.

SpaceX Dragon Capsule Successfully Returns From Space Station

Ana Verayo |

May 12, 2016 09:02 PM EDT

On Wednesday, SpaceX's Dragon capsule returned from the International Space Station after one month, filled with a treasure trove of scientific experiments.

This artist's concept depicts select planetary discoveries made to date by NASA's Kepler space telescope.

NASA Detects 1,284 Alien Planets Using New Technique

Ana Verayo |

May 12, 2016 03:48 AM EDT

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope discovered a treasure trove of exoplanets in a single discovery, the biggest one yet, where nine of them are Earth-like.

NASA Moves Up First Launch of SLS/Orion to Sept. 2018

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

May 11, 2016 09:44 AM EDT

The first SLS mission is designated Exploration Mission 1 or EM-1.

SOFIA/GREAT spectrum of oxygen [O I] superimposed on a Viking 1 composite image of Mars by USGS University of Arizona. The amount of atomic oxygen computed from this SOFIA data is about half the amount expected.

Atomic Oxygen on Mars Detected by NASA

Ana Verayo |

May 10, 2016 10:55 PM EDT

With the help of NASA's SOFIA observatory, the presence of atomic oxygen on Mars has been determined that could provide clues to possible microbial life.