NASA shuttle fuel tank's epic journey to California museum
A piece of space history is finding a new home on earth
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Air Force's secret space plane nears 1 year in orbit
The U.S. military's robotic X-37B space plane approaches a milestone on its classified mission
SpaceX cargo ship brings science back to Earth
A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship returned to Earth Wednesday, bringing critical space station science samples back to researchers
NASA releases dozens of patents into the public domain
Rocket designs and other NASA patents are now available for anyone to use for free
Kepler space telescope finds 1,284 more planets
Based on Kepler's discoveries to date, even a conservative extrapolation would indicate more than 10 billion worlds that could theoretically support life
Stargazers witness Mercury as it crosses blazing sun
A transit of Mercury occurs only about 13 times a century, when Mercury, the sun and Earth all line up
3 planets orbiting dwarf star may hold promise of life
Astronomers looking for extraterrestrial life might just need to zero in their attention on a small nearby star
NASA captures spectacular sun storm in new video
The new video, captured by a NASA spacecraft, puts you up close and personal with a fiery storm on our closest star
Cause of rocket launch glitch identified
United Launch Alliance says it knows what caused an early engine shutdown in March and hopes to resume Atlas flights in June
What are the odds of other intelligent life in the universe?
A new study recalculates the likelihood of intelligent life existing elsewhere in the cosmos
SpaceX plans flight to Mars
SpaceX plans to send an unpiloted Dragon capsule to a landing on Mars as early as 2018
Earth gets greener as globe gets hotter, study finds
A new NASA study shows that excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has made the earth a greener planet
Scientists puzzled by mysterious "haloes" on Pluto
Scientists are struggling to understand newly discovered halo-like craters on the icy surface of the distant dwarf planet
Europe aims for international "moon village"
The European Space Agency is moving forward with plans to set up a human outpost on the moon
NASA astronauts will fly commercial to space station
It's been five years since the last U.S. launch to the space station, and astronauts are getting ready for a different kind of voyage
Hubble Telescope captures new glimpse of mysterious cosmic object
NASA: New image gives scientists the best understanding yet of the enigma known as the "Red Rectangle"
50-year-old time capsule shows glimpse of NASA's past
Construction workers used a circular saw, sledge hammer and a pry bar to open the capsule, buried in Houston in April, 1966
Almanac: Hubble Space Telescope
On April 24, 1990, a revolutionary eyepiece to the heavens was lifted into orbit on board the space shuttle Discovery
NASA's tribute to Prince? A purple nebula
NASA found a moving way to pay tribute to Prince and his most famous album, "Purple Rain"
Iconic telescope snaps spectacular birthday photo
The Hubble Space Telescope turns 26 and to celebrate its big anniversary, it snapped a jaw-dropping image of the Bubble Nebula
Breathtaking view of the Northern Lights in ultra HD
New 4K ultra high definition video shows a stunning time-lapse view from space
Zero-gravity burping and other little-known space secrets
New book features stories from one-on-one conversations with astronauts -- the kind you might not hear at a buttoned-up NASA press conference
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft runs into trouble
NASA scrambles to recover full function to the space probe 75 million miles away
SpaceX launches cargo ship to orbit, sticks landing
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off carrying supplies and experiments and, in a first, landed the booster's first stage on an off-shore barge
SpaceX readies rocket for space station supply run
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is poised for launch Friday with a cargo that includes an experimental, inflatable habitat
Russia targets Kyiv with deadly strikes ahead of Trump-Zelenskyy meeting
Explosions boomed across Kyiv for hours as ballistic missiles and drones hit the city in an attack that began early in the morning.
Winter storm snarls thousands of flights. Maps show the latest forecast
Millions of Americans live in areas under winter storm alerts stretching from northern Minnesota to the Eastern Seaboard.
African regional bodies reject Israel's recognition of Somaliland
President Trump said he won't quickly follow Mideast ally Israel in recognizing Somaliland, saying he needed to "study" it.
Brigitte Bardot, 1960s cinema icon and animal rights activist, dies at 91
At the height of a cinema career that spanned some 28 films and three marriages, Brigitte Bardot came to symbolize a nation bursting out of bourgeois respectability.
Dad uses cell phone data to rescue missing daughter, police say
After a teen didn't return from walking her dog, her dad used cell phone data to find her in a secluded area two miles away.
Ski patrol strike shuts down Colorado's popular Telluride resort indefinitely
The Telluride Ski Resort in Mountain Village, Colorado, was shuttered Saturday, with no date set for reopening, due to a labor dispute with the ski patrol union over wages.
Gas line explosion shuts down major Southern California freeway
Several lanes of the 5 Freeway were closed and a shelter-in-place order was issued to residents in Castaic, California, after a gas line ruptured on Saturday.
Michigan hires former Utah coach Kyle Whittingham to lead the Wolverines
The university fired ex-coach Sherrone Moore on Dec. 10 for having an "inappropriate relationship" with a female staffer.
Rescuers search for soccer coach, children after boat sinks in Indonesia
The Spanish soccer club Valencia said that a coach for its women's reserve team, Fernando Martín, and three of his children were among the victims.