NASA spacecraft detect third, temporary Van Allen radiation belt
Posted: Fri, Mar 1 7:10 AM ET (1210 GMT)
A pair of NASA spacecraft launched last year have detected for the first time a third, and temporary, belt of radiation girdling the Earth as...

Organization announces plans for human Mars flyby mission
Posted: Thu, Feb 28 7:37 AM ET (1237 GMT)
A nonprofit organization formally announced plans on Wednesday to fly a privately-funded human mission past Mars and back to Earth starting in 2018. The...

X-ray space telescopes measure spin rate of black hole
Posted: Thu, Feb 28 7:14 AM ET (1214 GMT)
European and American space telescopes have, for the first time, measured the spin rate of a supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy,...

House passes bill to rename NASA center after Armstrong
Posted: Tue, Feb 26 6:33 AM ET (1133 GMT)
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill late Monday to rename a NASA center after the late astronaut Neil Armstrong. The bill, HR 667,...

SpaceX tests Falcon 9 for upcoming launch
Posted: Tue, Feb 26 6:26 AM ET (1126 GMT)
SpaceX performed a brief hot fire of the first stage engines of its latest Falcon 9 rocket on Monday in advance of a launch later...

PSLV launches seven satellites
Posted: Mon, Feb 25 8:33 PM ET (0133 GMT)
An Indian rocket successfully launched seven satellites on Monday, including a small satellite to look for near Earth objects and an experimental "phonesat". The PSLV...

Antares completes static-fire engine test
Posted: Sat, Feb 23 11:09 AM ET (1609 GMT)
the first stage engines of Orbital Sciences Corporation's Antares launch vehicle roared to life on a Virginia launch pad Friday evening for nearly half...

Report finds no root cause for Taurus launch failure
Posted: Fri, Feb 22 6:49 AM ET (1149 GMT)
An investigation into the loss of a NASA climate satellite launched nearly two years ago failed to turn up a most probable cause for the...

Kepler discovered smallest exoplanet yet around a Sun-like star
Posted: Thu, Feb 21 7:32 AM ET (1232 GMT)
Astronomers announced Wednesday they have discovered the smallest known extrasolar planet to orbit a Sun-like star, a world only slightly larger than the Moon....

NASA confirms Curiosity collected rock sample with drill
Posted: Thu, Feb 21 7:21 AM ET (1221 GMT)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has collected the first rock sample obtained from within a Martian rock, project officials said Wednesday. Curiosity used its drill...