Outer Space

One of the line items in the new budget is funding for a mission to Jupiter's moon Europa.

NASA Could Actually Get a Budget Boost Next Year

The pending budget will give NASA even more money than they asked for

Enthusiasts examining the patch for NROL-35 think the trident, fire and breeze through the character’s hair might represent the elements—water, fire and wind. “What that has to do with the actual payload, however, is anyone’s guess,” says space historian Robert Pearlman.

The Creepy, Kitschy and Geeky Patches of US Spy Satellite Launches

There may be method to the madness behind the outlandish designs of the National Reconnaissance Office mission patches

The Orion capsule idles on the pad atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket just minutes after the launch was canceled.

A Wayward Boat And Other Disruptions Delay Test of NASA's Newest Spaceship

Orion's quest for space will have to wait until tomorrow

A still under construction Orion space capsule at the Michoud Assembly Facility in 2012.

Welcome to the Next Era of NASA Spaceflight...to Mars

NASA's long-distance crew capsule, Orion, will get its first test flight tomorrow

The quantum realm can seem to defy common sense.

Five Practical Uses for "Spooky" Quantum Mechanics

Fifty years after Bell's Theorem, tools that harness the weird properties of quantum mechanics are at work all around you

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NASA Is Turning Black Friday Into "Black Hole Friday"

Because, in the end, even great savings won't save you from a singularity

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This New Video of the Earth Is the Best Ever Made

The video was made with images taken by a Russian satellite

Now a Person Can Scramble Up a Wall Just Like a Gecko

Or use the same material to catch wayward space trash

An artist's interpretation of the Philae lander separating from Rosetta and landing on the comet.

The Philae Spacecraft Confirmed the Presence of Organic Molecules on the Comet it Landed On

Researchers hope the finding sheds light on how organic molecules might have first arrived on Earth

This Company Is Crowdfunding a Mission to the Moon

Your reward: a spot in a digital time capsule buried beneath the lunar surface

One of the Philae Lander's feet is visible in this snapshot from the comet's surface.

Philae Is Now Asleep

The lander’s solar panels aren’t getting enough light and the batteries will die, but we already have some fantastic images and data

Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera captured this parting shot of the Philae lander after separation and before touchdown.

Comet 67P Has a Welcome Song for Rosetta And Philae

A successful touchdown after the comet chase is just the herald of more discoveries to come, including the cause of the comet's strange song

Tomorrow, a Man-made Spacecraft Will Land On a Comet for the First Time, Ever

The action starts bright and early

The few remaining scientists at NASA are hard at work on Earth trying to "solve gravity."

Would Astronauts Survive an Interstellar Trip Through a Wormhole?

Well, it depends on your definition of "wormhole" …

The International Space Station Just Avoided a Collision With Space Junk

A four-minute maneuver by a docked, unmanned European spacecraft pushed the ISS out of the path of a hand-sized chuck of space debris

An artist's impression of the triple-star system of GG Tau-A, which might have the right conditions for planet formation

This Newly Forming Planet Will Have Three Suns

A triple-star system has two disks of gas and dust that could form planets

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The European Space Agency Has Made the Weirdest Short Film

The ESA's advertising Rosetta with a very unusual sci-fi short

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as seen by Rosetta last month

Rosetta’s Comet Smells Really, Really Bad

If you could breathe in space, you wouldn't want to breathe this air

From Lightning on Jupiter to Apollo 13's Call for Help, Hear Some of NASA's Greatest Recordings

An audio archive captures some iconic moments of space history

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The Milky Way is Stealing Other Galaxies’ Gases

Little dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way are missing their hydrogen

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