Submit your name here and it will be included in a memory card that will fly aboard Parker Solar Probe spacecraft ( Read more... )

Japan has launched the first in a new generation of space rockets, hoping the design will make missions more affordable ( Read more... )

At the moment it is a faint object, visible only in sophisticated telescopes as a point of light moving slowly against the background stars. But Comet Ison could draw millions out into the dark to witness what could be the brightest comet seen in many generations - brighter even than the full Moon.

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Cassini captures spectacle in Saturn's shadow
14:04 19 December 2012
Flora Graham, deputy editor, newscientist.com


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Nile-like river roves across Saturn's moon Titan

12:55 17 December 2012 by Lisa GrossmanCoursing 400 kilometres towards a dark delta, a river found on Saturn's moon Titan is the longest yet seen outside Earth. Bearing a striking resemblance to the Nile, the river hints at ongoing geological activity on the moon ( Read more... )

Cassini spots superstorm at Saturn's north poleHurricane Sandy was a city-swamping superstorm, but the huge vortex churning at Saturn's north pole puts terrestrial storms to shame ( Read more... )

A few days ago, NASA launched a new service--"spot the space station".  If you sign up on the website, they'll send you a text or email whenever the International Space Station is due to fly over your head.

It's very easy to spot if you know what you're looking for--at dawn or dusk, it's typically the brightest object in the sky aside from the Moon ( Read more... )

By Tariq Malik | SPACE.com

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The balloon-borne capsule that will carry a daredevil into the stratosphere for a record-breaking attempt at a supersonic skydive is ready to go, the mission's team announced today (March 6).

The capsule, which will serve as skydiver Felix Baumgartner's life-support system during his ascent to 120,000 feet (36,576 meters), has passed a series of ( Read more... )

Cambridge, MA - Astronomers have discovered the darkest known exoplanet - a distant, Jupiter-sized gas giant known as TrES-2b. Their measurements show that TrES-2b reflects less than one percent of the sunlight falling on it, making it blacker than coal or any planet or moon in our solar system ( Read more... )