Dozens of new exoplanets discovered
Posted: Tue, Oct 20 6:58 AM ET (1058 GMT)
Astronomers announced Monday the discovery of over 30 new extrasolar planets, bringing the total number of such worlds found to date to 400. The discoveries,...

NASA delays STS-129 launch
Posted: Tue, Oct 20 6:41 AM ET (1041 GMT)
NASA has pushed back the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis four days because of range conflicts and to allow more time for the planned...

Space scientist arrested on espionage charges
Posted: Tue, Oct 20 6:31 AM ET (1031 GMT)
A scientist who played a key role in the Clementine lunar mission in the 1990s was arrested by the FBI on Monday on charges of...

Atlas launches defense weather satellite
Posted: Sun, Oct 18 9:11 PM ET (0111 GMT)
An Atlas 5 launched a military weather satellite Sunday morning from California. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from a foggy Space Launch Complex-3...

Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Sun, Oct 18 12:14 PM ET (1614 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station Saturday evening. The Progress M-03M spacecraft docked with the Pirs airlock module of the...

LCROSS spotted Centaur impact
Posted: Sat, Oct 17 11:33 AM ET (1533 GMT)
Officials with NASA's LCROSS mission said Friday that the spacecraft did detect the impact of its Centaur upper stage with the Moon and observe...

IBEX spots high-energy ribbon on solar system's edge
Posted: Fri, Oct 16 7:33 AM ET (1133 GMT)
A NASA spacecraft designed to map the boundary between the solar system and interstellar space has detected a mysterious ribbon of high-energy particles on...

Progress launched to ISS
Posted: Thu, Oct 15 8:05 AM ET (1205 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket launched a modernized Progress spacecraft to the International Space Station Thursday morning. The Soyuz lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...

Atlantis rolled out to launch pad
Posted: Thu, Oct 15 7:57 AM ET (1157 GMT)
NASA rolled the space shuttle Atlantis out to the launch pad Wednesday in preparation for its mission to the International Space Station next month. Atlantis...

Hubble reveals galactic collision
Posted: Wed, Oct 14 7:39 AM ET (1139 GMT)
Hubble Space Telescope images of an unusual galaxy released this week have revealed to astronomers that the object is actually the result of a galactic...