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After Dawn Glitch, NASA Wants Your Vote About Ceres' Mysterious Bright Spots

Apr 28, 2015 08:58 PM EDT

After experiencing a temporary glitch on its first science mission stage, Dawn is ready to take closer views of Ceres where NASA needs your vote about the mysterious bright spots on it ssurface.

What Did ISS Astronauts Watch on the First Movie Projector in Space? Gravity!

Ana Verayo |

Apr 28, 2015 09:12 AM EDT

Movie nights just got better with the arrival of the ISS Viewscreen which is the first projector screen in space where astronauts watched the sci-fi film Gravity.

NASA's New NExSS Program to Search for Alien Life in 2017

Ana Verayo |

Apr 25, 2015 06:24 AM EDT

Researchers that will be involved in the NExSS project will follow a system science approach for their study.

Japan Plans to Land Probe on Moon by 2018

Marco Foronda |

Apr 24, 2015 08:26 PM EDT

The plan also wants to keep the pace with China and other space powers.

First Visible Light Seen from Alien Exoplanet

Marco Foronda |

Apr 23, 2015 06:12 AM EDT

These observations also revealed new properties of this famous object, the first exoplanet ever discovered around a normal star: 51 Pegasi b.

Powerful James Webb Space Telescope Launches in 2018

Ana Verayo |

Apr 22, 2015 05:10 AM EDT

In October 2018, Hubble will hand over the reins as humankind's eye on the Universe to its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA Reveals New Video of Mysterious Bright Spots on Ceres

Ana Verayo |

Apr 21, 2015 09:03 AM EDT

NASA officials combined the photos and released a short video that presents Ceres' bright spots moving as the tiny world rotates.

Mysterious 'Cold Spot' May be the Biggest Structure in the Universe

Marco Foronda |

Apr 20, 2015 11:40 PM EDT

Researchers may have found “the largest individual structure ever identified by humanity” and this structure may be creating the anomalous Cold Spot.

Death Star? White Dwarf Destroys a Passing Planet

Ana Verayo |

Apr 20, 2015 09:02 AM EDT

Observations from the Chandra and Swift telescopes suggest a white dwarf could have obliterated a passing planet.

Researchers to Use Lasers to Clear Space Debris

Marco Foronda |

Apr 19, 2015 10:00 AM EDT

This orbital junk can travel at speeds of up to 17,500 miles per hour -- fast enough to cause serious damage to satellites and even the International Space Station.