All Spacebound
First LookNASA's Jupiter probe: Juno makes closest approachNASA鈥檚 space explorer Juno will finally sidle up to the gas giant on Saturday around 8:51 a.m. Eastern time.
Proxima b briefing: How close is it, and when can we get there?Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and Stephen Hawking聽have proposed sending hundreds of nanobots to Proxima b, an exoplanet 4 light-years from Earth.
First LookIndependence Day on Jupiter: What are NASA's hopes for Juno?On Monday,聽NASA鈥檚 space explorer Juno is scheduled to reach its destination: Jupiter. It will be the first probe to study the giant, gaseous planet in detail. Here's how to watch the highly anticipated arrival in real-time, and other details.
See how NASA simulates year on Mars...on Earth's largest volcanoIn a dome on Hawaii's聽Mauna Loa volcano, a group of would-be astronauts is simulating living on Mars to test the psychological effects of a long-duration future mission to the Red Planet.
Lockheed Martin set to build orbiting Mars Base Camp by 2028The lab would orbit the Red Planet with six astronauts onboard studying Mars in real-time in preparation for landing humans on its surface.
Are we pointing telescopes in the right direction to find alien life?Some astronomers suggest that besides looking at planets near middle-aged stars, like our sun, we should be looking for life on thawing planets around older, red giant stars.
First LookWill European rover ever get to Mars?ExoMars, a joint program of European and Russian space agencies, was supposed to send the first European rover to Mars in 2018. Now technical problems have forced the agencies to delay that mission.- How will James Webb telescope outshine Hubble?To be launched in 2018, the James Webb wil be the most powerful telescope in history, able to see back into the earliest days of the universe.聽
First LookKepler gets back to work after 'emergency mode' scareNASA's telescope recently set itself in emergency mode, the first time it did so in its seven-year career. But it is now recovered and hunting for life outside our solar system.
Can scientists predict dangerous solar flares? New research shows promise.Bursts of radiation from the sun can damage GPS systems and other communications technologies, so scientists are working on ways to predict when they're coming.
Why was an inflatable pod just attached to the space station?Compact and made of light-weight material, BEAM is an inflatable pod that could revolutionize space habitation for astronauts and space tourists.
Scott Kelly's epic year in space: Is NASA any closer to Mars?Scott Kelly's 340-day mission represents an important step toward exploration of the Red Planet, but the challenges of such a mission remain daunting.
Water may have had a much longer history on Mars than we thoughtIn this week's Nature paper, scientists calculate that Mars had the conditions for flowing water for a much longer time period than expected, which suggests that life could have had ample time to form there.
How is astronaut Scott Kelly adjusting to gravity after a year in space?Scott Kelly is back from a 340-day mission aboard the International Space Station. How is he coping with life back on the planet's surface?
Scott Kelly's one year in space to end with bumpy ride homeThe American astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth from the International Space Station, from what is likely his last space mission. His trip back to Earth will be relatively quick, though not necessarily easy.
Scott Kelly: What happens after a year in space?American astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko聽are returning to Earth after a year in space 鈥� longer than any humans since 1999. Why studying long stays in space is important for future missions.聽
Einstein verified: 'Monumental' gravitational waves discovery was 100 years in makingAn international team of researchers announced Thursday that they became the first group to detect a cosmic phenomenon that Albert Einstein first predicted 100 years ago.
Why all the buzz about gravitational waves?A new discovery could open a whole new world of physics.聽
How likely are you to get hit by a meteor?A man in India died from a meteor impact over the weekend. Though tons of space junks falls to Earth every year, the chances of serious damage are very low.
Congress asks: Can NASA really get astronauts to Mars?Without a concrete plan or enough money, the space program's nebulous goal to send humans to Mars may not be feasible, says聽the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
