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NASA's New Spacesuit Has a Built-In ToiletNASA is developing a spacesuit with a built-in toilet system, something the agency hasn't used regularly since the Apollo era.
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Watch Elon Musk React to Falcon Heavy Launch in Exclusive National Geographic VideoAn exclusive video from National Geographic shows Elon Musk's surprised, joyful reaction to the successful first launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Feb. 6.
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Long-Lost Satellite Found by Amateur AstronomerAn amateur astronomer appears to have made contact with the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) satellite, which lost contact with NASA in 2005.
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Cocktails to Make You Swoon Over the Super Blue Blood Moon of Jan. 31Celebrate this week's Super Blue Blood Moon — which includes a total lunar eclipse — with some moony cocktails.
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'Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence' Needs a New Name, SETI Pioneer SaysSETI pioneer Jill Tarter thinks the "search for extraterrestrial intelligence" needs to undergo a rebranding.
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Ursula K. Le Guin, Influential Science-Fiction Writer, Dies at 88Writer Ursula K. Le Guin, whose work spanned multiple genres including science fiction, fantasy, poetry and essays, died on Monday (Jan. 22) at the age of 88.
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The Hole in Earth's Ozone Layer Is HealingEfforts to heal the hole in Earth's ozone layer over Antarctica appear to be paying off, according to a first-of-its-kind study that looked directly at ozone-destroying chemicals in the atmosphere.
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Tourist Snaps Sneak Peek of SpaceX Falcon Heavy Payload Fairing in FloridaA lucky visitor to NASA's Kennedy Space Center snapped a photo of the payload container that will fly aboard SpaceX's new megarocket, the Falcon Heavy.
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Ghostly Cosmic Neutrinos Are Stopped Cold by Planet Earth, New Study ShowsScientists searching for ghostly subatomic particles called neutrinos from cosmic sources made an important stride in understanding how to catch these slippery specters.
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Gravitational-Wave Detector Catches Lightest Black Hole Smashup Yet -
Eerie Glowing Bubble Over Siberia Sparks UFO Reports: What Is It?A massive, glowing bubble of light erupted in the sky above northeastern Siberia, which may have been created by a test missile launch.
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DARPA Ties XS-1 Military Space Plane Project to National SecurityWhy does DARPA want to build a reusable space plane? An agency representative explains what small satellites have to do with national defense.
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RIP, Cassini: Historic Mission Ends with Fiery Plunge into SaturnNASA's Cassini spacecraft broke up in Saturn's atmosphere this morning, bringing an end to its historic 13-year mission at the ringed planet that was marked by incredible discoveries.
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'Potentially Catastrophic' Hurricane Irma Approaches Caribbean in Satellite ViewsMany Earth-observing satellites are keeping their eyes on Hurricane Irma as islands in the Caribbean brace for the storm's arrival.
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As Flooding from Harvey Intensifies, Astronauts Tweet Well Wishes to HoustonAstronauts currently on the International Space Station have been sending well wishes to their colleagues on the ground as heavy rainfall and flooding from tropical storm Harvey continue.
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Can You Photograph the Solar Eclipse with Your Phone or Tablet?Can you photograph the phenomenon with my cell phone or tablet? With a few caveats, the answer is "yes."
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The Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017 Is Happening TodayThe first total solar eclipse to cross the contiguous United States in 99 years occurs today and millions of skywatchers are ready to watch.
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Eclipse Superstitions Are a Thing of the Past, and the PresentAncient stories and superstitions about eclipses can be found in every corner of the globe, but modern skywatchers aren't immune to misinformation about these celestial events.
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NASA Images Show Gradual Separation of Massive New Antarctic IcebergMultiple NASA satellites have captured images of the dramatic and long-awaited birth of one of the largest icebergs ever recorded, which broke off an Antarctic ice shelf this week.
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Chicken Sandwich Takes One Giant Leap for Food-KindIn what appears to be a historic first, a chicken sandwich was successfully carried to the edge of space today aboard a high-altitude balloon.
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KFC Chicken Sandwich to Launch to Edge of Space 6/29 @ 8AM ETA Kentucky Fried Chicken sandwich is now scheduled to travel into the stratosphere on Thursday (June 29) aboard one of World View Enterprise's Stratollite high-altitude balloon systems.
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Brrr! How Much Can Temperatures Drop During a Total Solar Eclipse?How much does the temperature drop during a total solar eclipse? It depends on season and location, but get ready for a sudden and noticeable chill.
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In First, Einstein Relativity Experiment Used to Measure a Star's MassA phenomenon first predicted by Albert Einstein has been used for the first time to measure the mass of an individual star. The finding has helped settled a century-old dispute.
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Ripples in Space-Time! Gravitational-Wave Observatory Detects 3rd Black Hole MergerIt's not a fluke: For the third time, the LIGO gravitational wave observatory has detected ripples in space-time caused when two black holes circle each other at mind-bending speeds and collide.
