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Obama praises NASA for Mars landing
President Barack Obama says NASA's successful mission to put a robotic rover on Mars is an "unprecedented feat of technology." In a statement issued ...
NASA spacecraft speeding toward a landing on Mars
After an 8 1/2-month voyage through space, NASA's souped-up Mars spacecraft zoomed toward the red planet for what the agency hopes will be an epic ...
New Mars rover to land in intriguing giant crater
The latest Mars destination is a giant crater near the equator with an odd feature: a mountain rising from the crater floor. How did it get there? ...
A peek at what NASA's new rover packed for Mars
If you were packing for Mars, what would you bring? NASA's latest tourist, the roving robot named Curiosity, will lug around a suite of gadgets to ...
Anxiety over rover's Hollywood-style Mars landing
Seven minutes of terror. It sounds like a Hollywood thriller, but the phrase describes the anxiety NASA is expecting as its car-sized robotic rover ...
MSL, EDL, huh? Guide to NASA's Mars mission lingo
Fascinated by NASA's latest Mars mission and planning to tune in? Well, good luck understanding the space agency's everyday lingo, which resembles a ...
NASA to athletic Mars rover: 'Stick the landing'
It's NASA's most ambitious and expensive Mars mission yet — and it begins with the red planet arrival late Sunday of the smartest interplanetary rover ...
NASA builds menu for planned Mars mission in 2030s
Through a labyrinth of hallways deep inside a 1960s-era building that has housed research that dates back to the early years of U.S. space travel, a ...
Large solar flare erupts; little impact to Earth
A huge solar flare erupted from the sun Thursday, streaming radiation toward Earth. The solar storm is expected to arrive early Saturday, but ...
UNESCO chair at Gaza University angers Israel
Israel has condemned UNESCO's decision to establish a chair at the Islamic University of Gaza, calling the institution "a breeding ground for ...
It's not lunacy: Not-a-planet Pluto boasts 5 moons
Pluto may have been kicked out of the planet club, but it has gained yet another companion. Scientists announced Wednesday the discovery of the ...
Asteroid named for gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny
A Canadian amateur astronomer has named an asteroid he discovered after U.S. gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny, who died last year in Washington.
NASA's Mars chief frets over heat shield for probe
So far, the scorecard for missions to Mars reads attempts 40, successes 14. Not so good. Well over 60 percent of Earth missions to Mars have failed, ...
Eureka! Physicists celebrate evidence of particle
Scientists at the world's biggest atom smasher hailed the discovery of "the missing cornerstone of physics" Wednesday, cheering the apparent end of ...
Asteroid hunters want to launch private telescope
Who will protect us from a killer asteroid? A team of ex-NASA astronauts and scientists thinks it's up to them. In a bold plan unveiled Thursday, the ...
Saturn moon Titan may harbor ocean below surface
Scientists reported Thursday on the strongest sign yet that Saturn's giant moon may have a salty ocean beneath its chilly surface. If confirmed, it ...
Lake detected near equator of Saturn's Titan
In a surprise find, scientists say they have spotted hints of a methane-rich lake and several ponds near the equator of Saturn's biggest moon.
NASA launches telescope to seek out black holes
NASA on Wednesday launched its newest X-ray space telescope on a mission to shine a light on black holes and other hard-to-see objects lurking in the ...