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Australian Telescope Joins $100 Million Search for Alien Life
November 08, 2016 | ArticleBreakthrough Listen has begun using the Parkes radio telescope in Australia to scan the heavens, representatives of the ambitious, decade-long project announced Monday (Nov. 7).
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8 Galaxies With Unusual Names
November 08, 2016 | CountdownThere are billions upon billions of galaxies in our universe, but only a handful have common names — and some of them might surprise you.
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How Did the Milky Way Get Its Name?
November 08, 2016 | ArticleHow did our galaxy come to be known as the Milky Way?
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Next Job for X-37B Military Space Plane: Astronaut Ambulance?
November 08, 2016 | ArticleThe United States Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane would make a nice medical-evacuation vehicle for the International Space Station (ISS), some researchers say.
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NASA to Launch 'Swarms' of Small, Earth-Observing Satellites
November 08, 2016 | ArticleNASA plans to launch a suite of tiny, next-generation satellites into Earth's orbit to study weather patterns and climate change.
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The US Military's Secretive X-37B Space Plane: 6 Surprising Facts
November 08, 2016 | CountdownLearn all about the U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane, which has flown four mystery missions to date.
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Voting from Space: How Astronauts Do It
November 08, 2016 | ArticleNASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough is off the planet at the moment, but he still had his say in this year's presidential election.
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Image of the Day
November 08, 2016 | Image AlbumNASA's Cassini spacecraft took this incredible close-up of Saturn's rings from a distance of about 283,000 miles (456,000 kilometers) on Sept. 24, 2016.
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Satellites 'You Can Hold In Your Hand' Spurring Innovation | Video
November 07, 2016 | VideoNext-generation satellites, with limited capabilities, are part of the next wave of Earth observation by NASA.
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NASA Seeks Concepts for Commercial Lunar Lander Instruments
November 07, 2016 | ArticleNASA announced Nov. 1 that it is seeking information regarding instruments that could be flown to the moon on future commercial spacecraft, with one company that is developing a lander offering financial support for their development.
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