19 Jul
Aerospace heavyweight Boeing is advancing plans for its new capsule-based spaceship, designed to ferry people to and from the International Space Station and future private space stations.
19 Jul
New Planet-Hunting Method Could Find Earth-Like Alien Worlds
A new planet-hunting technique that was used to detect an exotic alien world may be sensitive enough to help astronomers search for Earth-sized planets that orbit other stars, according to a new study.
19 Jul
Predicting Space Weather Needs International Response
The sun's erratic and sometimes volatile behavior has the potential to cause real problems here on Earth, and protecting our planet will require an international effort, according to scientists who gathered today for a meeting about the effects of solar activity.
19 Jul
Congress Proposes Commission to Study Asteroid Impact Threat
New attention is being paid by the U.S. Congress on how best to shield Earth from a bad day - getting whacked by an asteroid or comet that has our planet in its cross-hairs.
19 Jul
Stellar Nursery Revealed Behind Dusty Veil
The Herschel space telescope has captured an image of a stellar nursery so shrouded by dust that no infrared telescope has been able to see it until now.
19 Jul
New Private Spacesuit Unveiled With New York Flair
Two private spacesuit designers unveiled their first steps toward serious attire for future space travelers Friday night in front of a young, hip crowd of artists and tech geeks in Manhattan.
19 Jul
NASA Rescues Baby Sea Turtles Threatened by Gulf Oil Spill
NASA's Kennedy Space Center is serving as a sanctuary for endangered wildlife from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
19 Jul
Virgin Galactic’s Private Spaceship Makes First Crewed Flight
A commercial spaceship owned by Virgin Galactic made its first flight with a crew onboard Thursday.
19 Jul
First International Space Crew Reunites for Mission’s 35th Anniversary
The surviving members of the historic 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first international space mission in history, gathered together Thursday to mark the 35th anniversary of their historic flight.
19 Jul
Prolific NASA Sky-Mapper Finds 25,000 Hidden Asteroids
NASA's sky-mapping telescope is set to complete its first full survey of the sky on Saturday, having beamed back to Earth over one million images of everything from asteroids to distant galaxies.