Voyager 1 reaches the solar system's edge: What's next?
Posted on December 16, 2010, at 2:12 PMAfter 33 years of space travel, the NASA probe is set to leave the outer limits of our solar system. What else will it find?
The lost moon that gave Saturn its rings
Posted on December 15, 2010, at 8:00 AMThe case of "cosmic murder" that explains the famous rings around our solar system's second largest planet
Has NASA discovered alien life?
Posted on December 1, 2010, at 10:58 AMThe space agency's announcement of an ET-related "astrobiology finding" has bloggers furiously speculating — but not everyone is holding his breath for a big revelation
The Milky Way's giant 'space bubbles'
Posted on November 12, 2010, at 12:50 PMAstronomers have discovered massive twin structures that look like "party balloons" and extend far past the galaxy's limits. What are they?
Washington, D.C.'s 'mysterious' blue UFO
Posted on November 9, 2010, at 3:43 PMAn odd light was filmed hovering near the nation's capital last week. Are aliens preparing to land on the White House lawn — or was a prankster just having some fun?
10 years of the International Space Station: By the numbers
Posted on November 4, 2010, at 7:45 AMAs of this week, the orbital space platform has been continuously occupied for a decade
What is NASA's '100-year starship'?
Posted on October 22, 2010, at 11:21 AMThe government is working on a spaceship — expect a prototype within a few years — that would take astronauts on a one-way trip to Mars
El Paso's 'eerie' UFO sighting
Posted on October 19, 2010, at 1:53 PMSome skywatchers say that mysterious flashing lights above El Paso bear an uncanny resemblance to the "UFOs" widely seen over New York last week
The 'Goldilocks planet': Proof we're not alone?
Posted on October 12, 2010, at 12:02 PMAstronomers have found a planet with a climate conducive to life. Now, one of them claims to have recorded a "mysterious pulse of light" emanating from it
The world's first private spaceship: By the numbers
Posted on October 12, 2010, at 7:30 AMVirgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has flown on its own for the very first time, a year before the company hopes to put tourists in space
China's baffling UFO sightings
Posted on October 6, 2010, at 1:45 PMMysterious lights in the sky shut down a major airport in China — just the latest in a recent wave of close encounters in that country
Why is America waging war against asteroids...alone?
Posted on September 17, 2010, at 11:58 AMThe "big one" could send humans the way of the dinosaurs, says Joshua Keating in Foreign Policy — so why aren't other countries doing anything about it?
What is 'super Earth'?
Posted on September 2, 2010, at 3:20 PMScientists have discovered a planet only slightly larger than the Earth orbiting a distant star. Could it host life?
What's the 'anti-universe' — and can scientists find it?
Posted on August 26, 2010, at 3:20 PMAn entire universe made of anti-matter might exist somewhere, say scientists. Will a new space-based detector offer proof for this mind-bending theory?
Why is the Moon shrinking?
Posted on August 20, 2010, at 3:25 PMThe Moon is getting smaller, say scientists, as evidenced by stretch mark-like ridges on its surface
Will sun storms destroy civilization?
Posted on August 17, 2010, at 9:00 AMThe "solar tsunami" that caused a dazzling aurora in the night sky earlier this month may be a harbinger of a global disaster, warn experts
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