Univ. of Texas to join Giant Magellan Telescope project
Posted: Sat, Mar 8 9:53 AM ET (1453 GMT)
The recent of the University of Texas agreed Friday to join a project to build the world's largest telescope in Chile, agreeing to contribute $...

Hubble observes asteroid breaking apart
Posted: Fri, Mar 7 7:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
Images from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal an asteroid breaking apart into as many as ten pieces, perhaps due to the subtle influence of the...

Senate committee debates EELV competition
Posted: Thu, Mar 6 6:56 AM ET (1156 GMT)
A subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee heard dueling testimony Wednesday from the head of the company that currently provides launch services for major military...

White House proposes $17.5-billion NASA budget for 2015
Posted: Wed, Mar 5 6:23 AM ET (1123 GMT)
A proposed fiscal year 2015 budget released by the Obama Administration would provide NASA with $17.5 billion but could force the agency to mothball...

China: "control circuit" failure on Yutu keeps rover from moving
Posted: Tue, Mar 4 6:13 AM ET (1113 GMT)
Chinese officials said the malfunction of a "control circuit" on its first lunar rover, Yutu, is keeping the rover from moving. The failed circuit in...

DigitalGlobe stock falls after revenues miss
Posted: Sat, Mar 1 9:29 AM ET (1429 GMT)
Commercial remote sensing company DigitalGlobe saw its stock price plummet by 25 percent after reporting revenues below earlier projections. The company said it had revenues...

H-2A launches US-Japan weather satellite
Posted: Fri, Feb 28 7:40 AM ET (1240 GMT)
An H-2A rocket successfully launched early Friday a joint American-Japanese earth sciences satellite designed to study global precipitation patterns. The H-2A lifted...

Astronomers confirm discovery of 715 exoplanets in Kepler data
Posted: Thu, Feb 27 7:12 AM ET (1212 GMT)
In the largest single haul of other worlds ever, astronomers announced Wednesday that they have confirmed the presence of 715 extrasolar planets in data collected...

Report: ISS spacesuit water leak misdiagnosed
Posted: Thu, Feb 27 6:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
An investigation into a water leak in a spacesuit that nearly caused an astronaut to drown last year found that the leak started on an...

SpaceX moves closer to Air Force certification for Falcon 9
Posted: Thu, Feb 27 6:16 AM ET (1116 GMT)
SpaceX is one step closer to winning Air Force certification of its Falcon 9 rocket, a requirement for winning military launch contracts, after the Air...