Virgin Galactic's Private Spaceship

By Leonard David

This year is key for Virgin Galactic's bid to become the first commercial spaceliner service, as rocket-powered flights of its SpaceShipTwo are on the books for summer.

Meanwhile, assembly of a second vehicle pair — the WhiteKnightTwo carrier plane and another Read More...

Dark Asteroids Found Near Earth

Have You Heard The One About Life On Mars?

Biggest Black Hole Ever Discovered

Hubble captures sharp picture of 'barred spiral' galaxy

The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of a 'barred spiral' galaxy, NGC 1073 - studied by astronomers to learn more about our own celestial home, the Milky Way. Most spiral galaxies have a star-filled 'bar' in their centre - thought to emerge as gas is sucked towards....Read More...

What would a black hole really look like?

Amazing video: Planets viewed from Earth as if they were at the distance of our moon

Mars Colonists Will Take Cues From The Wild West

Nasa probe sends back its first video of the moon's 'dark side'

Nasa's twin Grail probes arrived at the moon in early January - and one has just sent back its first video from the 'dark' side of the moon, the one we don't see from Earth. The video shows a flight from the north pole to....Read More...

Online volunteers could help find alien artifacts on the moon

Are Earthlings From Mars? New Tool May Reveal Your Alien Ancestry

US Launches Search For Alien Life on 86 Planets

Shuttle Columbia Crew Remembered

By Irene Klotz

Thinking about these folks today ...

It's nine years since Columbia fell from the sky, ending the lives of Kalpana Chawla, Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, Ilan Ramon, David Brown, William McCool and Michael Anderson. The accident also ultimately led to the....Read More...

Santa Soyuz? Rocket Reentry Dazzles Europe

Secret Military Spaceplane Struts Its Stuff

Neutrino 'ghost particle' sized up by astronomers

NASA Probe Discovers 'Alien' Matter From Beyond Our Solar System

By Denise Chow

For the very first time, a NASA spacecraft has detected matter from outside our solar system — material that came from elsewhere in the galaxy, researchers announced today (Jan. 31).

This so-called interstellar material was spotted by NASA's Interstellar Boundary....Read More...

DARPA Lays Out Tech for 100-Year Starship Program

Solar storms will peak in 2013 and wreak havoc on Earth's electrical communications,

Spaceship passes critical review

What's Taking E.T. So Long to Find Us?

By Irene Klotz

Mathematically speaking, ET would have found us by now -- if he exists -- so we’re being consciously avoided for some reason, a new study concludes. “We’re either alone, or they’re out there and leave us alone,” mathematician Thomas Hair, with Florida....Read More...

Russia Loses New Military Satellite in Space

Mars and Jupiter top NASA's planetary exploration wish-list over next decade

Scientists discover the hottest planet in the universe

NASA Honors Fallen Astronauts in Solemn Ceremony

This week, NASA is paying tribute to fallen astronauts who lost their lives in the pursuit of space exploration by holding a remembrance ceremony today (Jan. 26) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Today's Day of Remembrance will honor the 45th anniversary Friday (Jan. 27) of the three astronauts....Read More...

Butterflies Depart for Orbit on Monday

Biggest-Ever Rocket Will Take Man To Mars

Super-Earths Might Not Protect Life

Psychics Say Apollo 16 Astronauts Found Alien Ship

Over the past 50 years, billions of dollars have been spent visiting our nearest neighbor in space, the moon. It's the only extraterrestrial body humans have ever walked on. Besides the United States and Russia, Japan, China, India and the European Space Agency have all sent robotic spacecraft moonward.Read More...

NASA puts its newest space vehicles through their paces in the desert

First Photo of Earth from Space Snapped 45 Years Ago

Space Shuttles To Stay On the Job A Bit Longer

Plans for Manned Lunar Research Colonies?

By Jason McClellan

While it might sound like the plot of an awesome Hollywood movie, Russia wants to put a base on the moon . . . in real life.

According to Russian space agency chief Vladimir Popovkin, a growing body of research supports the idea....Read More...

Saturn Moon Has Surprisingly Slushy Insides

Planetary system with two Suns discovered

Giant Black Hole Devours Star, Fires Beams at Earth

Solar Storm Cause Spacequake Which Could Trigger 6+ Magnitude Earthquake And Rumble Sound

NASASolarSystem

Researchers using NASA's fleet of five THEMIS spacecraft have discovered a form of space weather that packs the punch of an earthquake and plays a key role in sparking bright Northern Lights. They call it the spacequake.

A spacequake is a temblor in Earth's magnetic field. It is felt most strongly in Earth orbit,....Read More...

Path to the Sky: The Birth of the Space Shuttle: Part 1

Splitting Cyclone Spotted on Neptune

The moment comet was eaten up after orbiting too close to the sun