Miriam Kramer

Mice, gerbils, lizards and snails are part of the cosmic menagerie that is Russia's Bion-M1 mission.

By Miriam Kramer Published 19 April 13

Check out views of the sun from the online Slooh Space Camera in a webcast Thursday.

By Miriam Kramer Published 18 April 13

A new photo released by ESO shows fertile galaxies in a new light.

By Miriam Kramer Published 17 April 13

NASA's Charles Bolden released a statement about the budget today.

By Miriam Kramer Published 10 April 13

Saturn's icy rings are creating rain in the upper atmosphere of the gas giant.

By Miriam Kramer Published 10 April 13

Find out how old the orchid family is and how many species are thought to exist.

By Miriam Kramer Published 9 April 13

Spending more money won’t help in detecting small space rocks, one scientist insists.

By Miriam Kramer Published 9 April 13

Two sociologists weigh in on why we're obsessed with our own demise.

By Miriam Kramer Published 9 April 13

A new exhibit shows the orchids of Latin America at their finest.

By Miriam Kramer Published 9 April 13

NASA administrator Charles Bolden does not think the space agency should focus on visiting the moon again.

By Miriam Kramer Published 8 April 13

The Hubble Space Telescope spots an ancient, massive star explosion.

By Miriam Kramer Published 4 April 13

NASA scientists and officials celebrated the latest discoveries from the International Space Station on Wednesday (April 3).

By Miriam Kramer Published 4 April 13

The science results come from the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station.

By Miriam Kramer Published 3 April 13

NASA is calling on coders to give the space robot Robonaut 2 better vision

By Miriam Kramer Published 2 April 13

A newfound meteorite may actually be from Mercury.

By Miriam Kramer Published 29 March 13

SpaceX's Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean earlier today (March 26).

By Miriam Kramer Published 26 March 13

A new mission to an asteroid could help scientists deflect dangerous space rocks that could threaten Earth.

By Miriam Kramer Published 22 March 13

Finding a Higgs boson is just one of many enduring physics mysteries.

By Miriam Kramer Published 14 March 13

A new way of researching supernovas could lead to a quicker way of understanding their origins.

By Miriam Kramer Published 8 March 13

The last piece of cargo was unloaded from the Dragon space capsule today.

By Miriam Kramer Published 7 March 13

Camera will monitor environmental issues around globe.

By Miriam Kramer Published 6 March 13