Space

Ocean on Saturn's Moon Is as Salty as Dead Sea

By Noah Rayman

NASA Delays Climate Change Satellite Launch

By Jack Linshi

'To the Moon and Back.' See LIFE's Complete Special Issue on Apollo 11

By Ben Cosgrove

NASA to Re-Attempt Global Warming Satellite Launch

By Jack Linshi
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Why Russia Won't Catch Up in the Space Race

It takes a lot of things to run a successful space program, but petulance, anger and impulsiveness are not among them. That's a lesson Vladimir Putin has to learn.

By Jeffrey Kluger

Fine, You Reached Pluto. So What's Next?

After a nine-year journey, it's a shame to let a perfectly good, $700 million spacecraft go to waste, so scientists are looking for a second world for it to visit

By Michael D. Lemonick

Scientists Shine New Light on Dark Matter

Observations of galaxy clusters are providing clues about the most elusive substance in the universe

By Melissa Hellmann

NASA Rover May Explore Frozen Waters in Space

A new space rover prototype is being developed for underwater exploration in space, but in the meantime it is helping scientists gain a better understanding of Earth's seas

By Melissa Hellmann

Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year With 'Selfie'

NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover will complete its first Martian year on June 24th. The rover took a ‘selfie’ to commemorate its 687-day stay on the Red Planet — Earth days, that is.Curiosity made some groundbreaking...

By Hannah Goldberg

Here's the 'Magic Island' That Appeared in Space

Saturn's moon Titan is now known to be dotted with oceans and seas

By Jeffrey Kluger

Here's How NASA Plans to Capture an Asteroid

Don't worry — not because it's crashing towards earth

By Laura Stampler

Workers Blow Up a Mountain to Make Room for a Huge Telescope

Move over, Chilean mountaintop

By Jack Linshi

Breathtaking Time-Lapse Video Shows Star Exploding

The eruption was so bright that for a while it was one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way

By Francesca Trianni

NASA Clears 3D Printer for Space Launch

The first 3-D printer to enter space

By Jack Linshi

Watch the Friday the 13th 'Honey Moon' Rise on This Live Stream

The celestial phenomenon hasn't appeared in over a century

By Aleksandra Gjorgievska

Russia, We Have a Problem

Tensions over Crimea shake the U.S.-Russia space partnership. That could be a very good thing for NASA

By Jeffrey Kluger

No, NASA Is Not Launching a Flying Saucer

Simplified science is not always good science, and NASA's planned test flight of an updated system for landing on Mars doesn't have to be sold as something it's not

By Jeffrey Kluger

Seth Green Explains Why NASA Is About More Than Just Space

Actor Seth Green worked with NASA TV to explain how the organization has changed transportation on the road and in the air.

By TIME Staff

This Is The First Vine Ever Recorded in Space

The best view in the galaxy

By Bijan Stephen

SPHERE's First Image Looks Like The Eye Of Sauron

A new instrument built to view exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—has captured its first images, including this dust ring around a nearby star. SPHERE, as the instrument is called, has been installed at the Paranal...

By TIME Staff
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