NASA lays out plan for putting astronauts on Mars

NASA aims to put boots on the ground in the 2030s

• Oct 9, 2015

Blue skies and red ice on Pluto

New pictures from the distant dwarf planet reveal a glowing blue haze and frozen water

• Oct 9, 2015

Thousands of amazing hi-res Apollo pics now online

Thanks to the Project Apollo Archive, you can now browse through a veritable treasure trove of original Apollo pictures

• Oct 5, 2015

Newly released photos of Apollo moon missions

A treasure trove of original NASA images gives an unprecedented view of man's first lunar encounters

• Oct 5, 2015
• 19 photos

DeGrasse Tyson: "The Martian" gets it mostly right

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says the filmmakers did their science homework, but took a few liberties with the facts

• Oct 5, 2015

Navy takes NASA underwater to prepare for Mars mission

"Like a submarine commander can't always call to shore, you can't just call back to Earth for advice"

• Oct 5, 2015

NASA's Scott Kelly goes head over heels in space

The space station commander talks about his year-long mission and shows off "Olympic-caliber flip technique"

• Oct 2, 2015

New views of Pluto's moon Charon show violent past

Dramatic new color views of Pluto's large moon Charon reveal a landscape rent by huge canyons, cliffs and craters

• Oct 1, 2015

Russian supply ship launched to space station

A Russian Progress supply ship loaded with 3.1 tons of supplies and equipment docks with the International Space Station

• Oct 1, 2015

Maps show dwarf planet Ceres in unprecedented detail

NASA has released a series of maps that showcase the planet's topography and artfully named features

• Oct 1, 2015

Ridley Scott on new movie, "The Martian," and NASA's big news

Award-winning director and producer says he knew there was water on Mars before NASA made the big announcement

• Sep 29, 2015

Gigantic supermassive black hole puzzles scientists

The black hole at the heart of a recently discovered galaxy is much larger than it should be, and astronomers don't know why

• Sep 29, 2015

Gorgeous abstract Martian landscapes

The Red Planet shows off its otherworldly, abstract beauty

• Sep 28, 2015
• 29 photos

Mars secret revealed: First "unambiguous" signs of water

NASA scientists have found flowing water, boosting odds that life could exist on the Red Planet

• Sep 28, 2015

NASA says Mars mystery solved

Space agency prepares to announce "major scientific finding" regarding capacity of sustaining life on the Red Planet

• Sep 28, 2015

#SuperBloodMoon lights up night sky, social media

Many saw - and shared - stunning views of the supermoon eclipse

• Sep 28, 2015

How to see the supermoon eclipse this weekend

In a rare event that hasn't been seen for more than three decades, a supermoon and a lunar eclipse are about to coincide

• Sep 25, 2015

Volcanoes seen from space

Awe-inspiring views of volcanic eruptions

• Sep 24, 2015
• 17 photos

To astronauts it's one of Earth's most recognizable spots

Can you guess where it is?

• Sep 22, 2015

Stunning new Pluto pictures are "a scientific bonanza"

Images of peaks and valleys "really make you feel you are there," NASA said, and make Pluto seem "surprisingly Earth-like"

• Sep 17, 2015

Sun-watching spacecraft finds 3,000th comet

History's greatest comet-hunter has been scanning space since 1995

• Sep 17, 2015

Supermoon lunar eclipse will have stargazers seeing red

The event this month will be the first of its kind in decades; here's how it will look from the Earth - and from the moon

• Sep 15, 2015

Kelly, Kornienko halfway through yearlong ISS flight

Astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko say they're in good shape midway through their year in space

• Sep 14, 2015

New Pluto pictures show stunning complexity

New images of Pluto taken by NASA's New Horizons probe reveal ice mountains and other features that defy easy explanation

• Sep 10, 2015

West Virginia fireball caught on camera

The meteor streaking through the sky could be seen from North Carolina to Ohio

• Sep 10, 2015

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