After a rough start, the Phoenix Mars Lander is successfully analyzing dirt samples dug up from...

While the robot arm on the Phoenix Mars Lander has successfully delivered dirt to the lander, at...

On June 2, NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft lifted its first scoop of Martian soil as a test of...

On May 25, NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander successfully touched down in the Martian arctic in...

Hidden right in the familiar Big Dipper, astronomers have discovered a new type of white dwarf...

No, not an All Terrain Vehicle—an Automated Transfer Vehicle, which was launched by the...

and in this corner

Iran has launched a rocket into space from its own space center...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has probed the bright core of Comet 17P/Holmes, which...

Astronomers have discovered a fifth planet circling 55 Cancri, a star beyond our solar system,...

On Monday, Nov. 5, China’s Chang’e 1 satellite successfully entered lunar orbit, only...

walking

Space Shuttle astronauts recently completed installing a new solar power...

we’ll take two
The National Security Space Office has issued a...

the dark side of Iapetus

“The side of Iapetus that faces forward in its...

burst

A recently detected burst of radio waves has stumped scientists, who have...

NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has discovered entrances to seven possible caves on the...

the Victoria era NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has descended into...

A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying a Japanese communications satellite malfunctioned after...

aqua vitae

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, while observing a young solar...

As if detailed satellite maps of the Earth weren’t enough, or a virtual globe that you can...