12/30/2014 - 12:55
SPACECRAFT NEARING TARGET: NASA's Dawn spacecraft is closing in on
Ceres, a Texas-sized dwarf planet never before visited. Dawn launched in 2007 and is scheduled to enter the planet's orbit in March 2015.
12/29/2014 - 16:16
We’re still nearly two decades away from traveling to Mars. Even so, during the past year, researchers have used an arsenal of space observatories to spot Earth-like planets – and to eliminate a long-standing myth.
12/18/2014 - 19:22
A graduate student using data from the Kepler spacecraft has identified a new exoplanet, according to NASA.
12/09/2014 - 20:00
Scientists believe Mars once had lakes -- and plenty of them.
12/05/2014 - 15:00
The Orion spacecraft completed its first voyage to space Dec. 5, traveling farther than any spacecraft designed for astronauts in more than 40 years, according to NASA.