On New Year's Day, as the rest of us were downing champagne and singing Auld Lang Syne, an object believed to be a small asteroid was spotted -- possibly headed for Earth.
Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have characterized the atmospheres of two of the most common type of planets in the Milky Way galaxy and found both may be blanketed with clouds.
NASA Television will air live coverage of a seven-hour spacewalk by two Russian members of the International Space Station crew beginning at 7:30 a.m. EST Dec. 27.