January 1, 2019 NASA's New Horizons set to ring in new year with fly-by past icy planetary object NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which has yielded the first close-up views of Pluto, was poised to ring in the new year by flying past the ancient icy object “Ultima Thule” some billions of miles away from Earth.
December 31, 2018 Rare 'super blood Moon' eclipse to put on stunning display in January: What to know Stargazers will witness a trio of lunar events in the New Year — a total lunar eclipse, a super blood moon and a "wolf moon," an old nickname that follows a full moon that takes place in the middle of winter.
December 31, 2018 NASA to make historic New Year's Day flyby of mysterious 'Ultima Thule' As 2018 draws to a close and a new year dawns, one group of people plans to celebrate something far more unusual — a flyby of the most distant solar system object ever explored.
December 31, 2018 China pushes for primacy in space China is poised to realize an ambitious mission to the far side of the moon, the most immediate of many planned milestones in its effort to challenge America’s half-century-long supremacy in space.
December 30, 2018 NASA pioneer Nancy Grace Roman, the 'Mother of Hubble,' dead at 93 Nancy Grace Roman, known as the "mother" of the Hubble Space Telescope and the first woman to hold an executive position at NASA, died on Christmas Day at the age of 93.
December 26, 2018 Sending astronauts to Mars would be stupid, says Apollo 8 pilot One of the first astronauts to orbit the Moon said on Wednesday that it's "stupid" to plan human missions to Mars.
December 26, 2018 NASA’s Hubble telescope captures stunning cosmic 'holiday wreath' image NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a stunning image that resembles a holiday wreath in the cosmos.
December 26, 2018 ‘Potentially hazardous’ hippo-shaped asteroid a mile long skims past Earth A rogue asteroid shaped like a wading hippo has just skimmed past Earth.
December 26, 2018 Why Mars mania will reach an all-time high in 2019 Among the celebrities in our solar system, Mars is by far the undisputed superstar – the Tom Hanks of planets.
December 22, 2018 Here's why space travel will be even more amazing (and important) in 2019 It’s well known that if something goes out of style, you only need to wait several decades for it to return. That certainly applies to manned space exploration, which, after fading from the headlines in the late eighties, is poised to roar back to life in 2019. But there is one glaring difference I see in the comeback and one huge reason why it matters.