Space

Article Originally Published at NASA.gov 12/05/19 A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 12:29 p.m....

The James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science – and it’s seeing the universe more clearly than even its own engineers...

Karen Fox / Josh Handal JPL NASA NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this 360-degree view on July 3,...

Super-Earths are bigger, more common and more habitable than Earth itself – and astronomers are discovering more of the billions they think are out there Chris...

Astronomers have recently discovered a larger than expected number of hypervelocity stars passing through our galaxy. A few of these stars are now on...

John Tobin, National Radio Astronomy Observatory Without water, life on Earth could not exist as it does today. Understanding the history of water in the...

JPL.NASA.Gov Brown dwarfs aren’t quite stars and aren’t quite planets, and a new study suggests there might be more of them lurking in our galaxy...

Republished from article on JPL.NASA.gov NASA's next Mars rover has passed its first driving test. A preliminary assessment of its activities on Dec. 17, 2019,...

Bringing Mars rocks back to Earth: On Feb. 18, Perseverance Rover landed safely on Mars – a lead scientist explains the tech and goals Jim...

Touching the asteroid Ryugu revealed secrets of its surface and changing orbit Paul K. Byrne, North Carolina State University On Feb. 21, 2019, we shot an...