The time and place for the Rosetta to release its lander has been confirmed. The lander, Philae, will be aiming... Read More
On Sunday, Mars will have a visitor. At its closest point, Siding Spring will be less than 87,000 miles away... Read More
Comet Siding Spring’s encounter with Mars has been dubbed a “once-in-a-lifetime” event by researchers. On Sunday, at 2:27 p.m ET,... Read More
You’ve seen comet Siding Spring from Earth. Now, NASA is releasing images from the orbiters and rovers from Mars. The... Read More
NASA officials have chewed through the latest data from two NASA spacecraft and one European spacecraft, and have learned more... Read More
It has been more than a decade in the making. The European Space Agency’s spacecraft Rosetta met up with the comet known... Read More
UPDATE: Philae is on the comet! Congrats to the ESA! At just after 3:30 am ET, the European Space Agency’s... Read More
One asteroid just wants to be a comet. Dubbed asteroid 62412, it even sports a tail like you would see... Read More
The jubilation of Philae’s landing turned to concern as mission controllers learned more about Philae’s landing. It was supposed to... Read More
KIC 8462852 was all the rave recently when researchers speculated that the star’s mysterious dimming could be because of alien... Read More
The massive gas giant that is Jupiter sits anywhere between 365 million miles and 601 million miles away from Earth... Read More