Space

This Time-Lapse Video of the Northern Lights Will Make You Feel All the Feelings

By Samantha Grossman

Galileo's Planetary Puzzle Has Finally Been Solved

By Dan Kedmey

Curiosity Rover Takes Its First Pic of Earth From Mars

By Eliana Dockterman

The Month in Space Photography: From Saturn to Mars and Beyond

By TIME Staff

A Look at America's Next Space Machines

NASA is making its current push with two new machines: a crew vehicle dubbed Orion and a rocket that is better known better by its acronym—SLS

By TIME Photo January 31, 2014

A New Supernova Caught in the Act

Stars don't explode on schedule; when one does, it can shed real light on some cosmic mysteries

By Michael D. Lemonick January 30, 2014

NASA's Hot New Ride for 2014

The Orion crew vehicle is set to fly in the fall. Is this the start of an American resurgence in space?

By Jeffrey Kluger January 28, 2014

Hawking: Black Holes Do Exist. Now the Complicated Part

Steven Hawking introduced the idea of black holes to all of us, then seemed to take them back. But not so

By Michael D. Lemonick January 27, 2014

Breathtaking Panoramas and Mosaics From Opportunity’s Decade on Mars

The revival of the auto industry is perfectly fine, but the hottest car around is a decidedly limited-edition one: the Opportunity rover, now celebrating its tenth year working and roving on the Red Planet. Like...

By TIME Staff January 24, 2014

Martian Ghost Rock Baffles NASA

Scientists analyzing images from the Mars Opportunity Rover are flummoxed after a rock mysteriously appeared in the rover's field of vision last week

By Denver Nicks January 20, 2014

There Are Second Acts After All—Even for Spacecraft

The Kepler Space telescope, which was recently given up for dead, will find a second life

By Michael D. Lemonick January 17, 2014

Unknown Force Kicks Stars Out of Milky Way. Really.

A new type of 'hypervelocity star' has astronomers baffled

By Michael D. Lemonick January 10, 2014

The Beauty of Space Comes to the Visually Impaired

A new eBook will make the pictures and science of the Hubble Space Telescope available to people for whom most of it was forever out of reach

By Jeffrey Kluger January 9, 2014

Private Rocket Launches Mission to Space Station After Delays

Cygnus Antares launch was postponed by wintery weather and Sun storms

By Alex Fitzpatrick January 9, 2014

Why Dust is the Most Important Stuff in the Universe

It’s one of the astronomy’s most popular fun facts, trotted out by everyone from the geeky 1980s cosmic icon Carl Sagan to his impossibly cool heir Neil deGrasse Tyson: most of the elements in our...

By Michael D. Lemonick January 9, 2014

Finding A Second Earth

Somewhere out there are worlds that can support life. Lisa Kaltenegger has a way to find them

By Jeffrey Kluger January 2, 2014

Window on Infinity, Thanksgiving Edition: Pictures From Space

The cosmos are lit up year round, but as the Holiday season begins, they’re offering an especially splashy mix—from a daredevil comet to a box-like supernova to a spectacular portrait of Saturn, with a tiny...

By Mia Tramz December 2, 2013

LIFE With the Astrochimps: Early Stars of the Space Race

Remembering America's famous "astrochimps" with photos of Ham and his cohorts taken before and after his wild 1961 ride

By Ben Cosgrove November 20, 2013

America's 10 Strangest Strip Clubs

You thought a vegan strip club was weird. Wait until you see what else is out there.

By Eliana Dockterman September 26, 2013

Pictures of the Week: November 30 - December 7

From violent protests in Egypt and smugglers tunnels in Gaza to The Duchess of Cambridge's pregnancy and the "Black Marble," — Earth photographed at night from space, TIME presents the best images of the week.

By TIME Photo Department December 7, 2012

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