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Ex-Google Hotshot Joins Private Moon Race Team

A former Google bigwig has his sights set on the heavens, leaving the search giant to join a company that aims to provide commercial and scientific missions to the moon....

July 13, 2012 by Space.com

Who Owns the Asteroids? Mining Project Raises Legal Questions

US & World Private groups are shaping business plans to tap into the resource-rich environs of outer space. Early celestial targets with commercial cross hairs on them are the moon,...

July 12, 2012 by Space.com

Pluto's New Moon: 5 Fun Facts

Scientists announced the discovery of a new moon around Pluto on July 11, bringing the dwarf planet's number of known satellites to five. Researchers using NASA's Hubble...

July 12, 2012 by Space.com

NASA's Final Space Shuttle Mission: Where Are They Now?

US & World One year after launching on NASA's final space shuttle mission, the orbiter Atlantis is parked today just a few miles from the launch pad where it lifted off on July 8,...

July 10, 2012 by Space.com

Could We Build Star Trek's Starship Enterprise?

Since its first appearance on the original "Star Trek" series in 1966, the Starship Enterprise has become a symbol for space travel. Recently, an anonymous engineer...

July 07, 2012 by Space.com

We'll Survive 2012 Apocalypse, So Will Doomsday Fears

Watercooler Humanity will survive the supposed December 2012 apocalypse, but, unfortunately, so will irrational doomsday fears, scientists say. Doomsayers around the world are gearing...

July 06, 2012 by Space.com

Look Up: Milky Way Galaxy at its Best in July

US & World It's possible that most people on Earth have never seen the Milky Way, the galaxy in which we live. The Milky Way used to be a part of every human's life experience, but...

July 06, 2012 by Space.com

NASA Unveils Orion Space Capsule for 2014 Test Launch

US & World Without a heat shield or wiring, and with only welded metal panels to see, NASA's new spacecraft designed to take astronauts out beyond Earth and into the solar system...

July 03, 2012 by Space.com

Hubble Telescope Captures Fireworks in Space

US & World A spectacular new picture from the Hubble Space Telescope has captured a cosmic fireworks display in deep space: a geyser of gas fired off from a baby star. The celestial...

July 03, 2012 by Space.com

Giant Black Hole to Eat Space Cloud in 2013

US & World The colossal black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy will soon to get a big, tasty meal, astronomers say. A humongous gas cloud is on a collision course for the...

July 03, 2012 by Space.com

Tourist Trips on Russian Spacecraft Start at $150 Million

US & World Space tourists may soon be able to pay their own way to the moon onboard old Russian spacecraft retrofitted by a company based in the British Isles. The spaceflight firm...

July 02, 2012 by Space.com

Space Station Astronauts Return to Earth Aboard Soyuz Capsule

US & World After half a year living on the International Space Station, three astronauts safely returned to Earth Sunday (July 1) aboard a Russian-built space capsule. The Soyuz...

July 01, 2012 by Space.com

Space Station Crew Headed Back to Earth

US & World Three astronauts living on the International Space Station will return home to Earth Sunday (July 1) after spending more than six months in orbit. NASA astronaut Don...

June 30, 2012 by Space.com

Scientist Discovers Earth's Oldest Meteor Crater

US & World A scientist has found the world's oldest meteorite crater in Greenland. The giant impact zone is more than 62 miles wide. The crater was formed 3 billion years ago by a...

June 29, 2012 by Space.com

Colorado Wildfires Seen From Space [VIDEO]

US & World The vast scale of wildfires raging across parts of Colorado and the western U.S. has been captured on camera by astronauts on the International Space Station. NASA...

June 29, 2012 by Space.com

The Big Bang Didn't Need God to Start the Universe, Researchers Say

US & World Our universe could have popped into existence 13.7 billion years ago without any divine help whatsoever, researchers say. That may run counter to our instincts, which...

June 25, 2012 by Space.com

Newfound Alien Planets See the Same Moon

US & World It's science fiction made fact: Astronomers have discovered two alien planets around the same star whose orbits come so close together that each rises in the night sky of...

June 22, 2012 by Space.com

Face It: Asteroid Disaster Movies Are No Longer 'Realistic'

Entertainment Like the poor Earthlings whose impending doom the genre chronicles, the asteroid disaster movie could be on its last legs. That may not be immediately apparent, since a...

June 22, 2012 by Space.com

Small Telescope Finds 'Weird' Alien Planets

Think of it as a win for the little guys. Astronomers using a small ground-based telescope have discovered two unusual alien planets around extremely bright, distant...

June 20, 2012 by Space.com

Mars Wind May Cause Giant Sand Avalanches

US & World Wind on Mars may have triggered avalanches on the Red Planet's dunes, ones 100 times larger than anything on Earth, researchers say. Traces of sand avalanches are apparent...

June 20, 2012 by Space.com