Van Kane details the potential repercussions of the launch delay of InSight Mars lander on the rest of NASA’s Discovery … More

NASA has called off the planned March 2016 launch of the InSight mission to Mars, following failure to repair a … More

(Phys.org)—Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are short bursts of radio emissions from the sky lasting only few milliseconds. However, their origin … More

See the most amazing night sky photos of 2015 by amateur astronomers and stargazers around the world in our year-end … More

A mechanical problem in the spacecraft’s seismometer can’t be fixed before the planned launch date, so NASA managers have postponed … More

The launch delay and possible cancellation of NASA’s next Mars lander shouldn’t affect the agency’s other activities at the Red … More

Russia’s uncrewed Progress 62 freighter docked with an Earth-facing port on the orbiting lab today (Dec. 23) at 5:31 a.m. … More

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This Christmas, the Slooh Community Observatory will let kids try to snap a photo of Santa Claus as he crosses … More