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Facebook's Oculus Funded VR Movie 'Space Explorers' Lets You Experience Astronaut Training

A VR movie titled 'Space Explorers' will let you experience, first-hand, what it takes to be an astronaut on the first manned Mars mission.

Brightest-Ever 'New Star' In Neighboring Small Megellanic Cloud Galaxy Found

Astronomers have found the brightest nova in our neighboring Small Magellanic Galaxy at a distance of 200,000 light years from Earth.

Watch Live SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch, Recovery From Cape Canaveral

SpaceX is launching a communications satellite tonight from the Kennedy Space Center, you can watch it live here.

Asteroid Impact Drill: Scientists Test Planetary Defense System

Asteroid scientists are testing whether or not the system would actually save Earth if a space rock threatened us with a devastating crash.

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Water On Mars: Odyssey Data Shows Underground Ice In Equatorial Region

Old Odyssey data has revealed the presence of ice in the equatorial region of Mars. This proves that Mars has more water than we estimated, could this speed up SpaceX's recent 2022 Mars colonization estimates?

Mike Pence: Trump-Led National Space Council Going To 'Mars And Beyond'

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence: "We will return American astronauts to the moon not only to leave behind footprints and flags but to build the foundation we need to send Americans to Mars and beyond.”

NASA Addresses Rumor: Dimming Of Star Not Caused By Aliens

NASA says aliens aren't responsible for this distant star's dimming, dust is.

Microchip To Mars: Submit Your Name To Travel Onboard NASA Spacecraft

NASA is taking names from the public to load onto a spacecraft heading to Mars next year, so you can land on that planet in spirit even if you never become an astronaut.

60th Anniversary Of Sputnik: 10 Photos Of The Space Race

Sputnik launched the Soviet Union and the United States into the Space Race 60 years ago today. Here are some photos of what followed.

Dark Energy Is Dynamic, Researchers Find; Could Disprove Einstein’s Cosmological Constant

A team of scientists has observed dynamic properties in dark matter which was previously considered to be static vacuum energy.

When Galaxies Collide: Astronomers Locate Five Extremely Elusive Supermassive Black Hole Pairs

Astronomers have used data from several observatories to locate not one, but five very elusive supermassive black hole pairs.

NASA Image Shows Cassini Spacecraft’s View Right Before Death

Right before NASA’s Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn’s atmosphere and ended its mission, it sent back photos to Earth of its final moments.

NASA Planetary Defense Office Tracking Asteroid Headed For Earth Flyby

An asteroid NASA has only seen once before is set to flyby Earth next week.

Before And After Hurricane Maria: Satellite View Of Puerto Rico Blackout

NASA hopes to help first responders in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria by sharing satellite images of Puerto Rico that could direct their efforts.

Life Of An Astronaut: From Pooping To Showering, A Microgravity How-To

It’s kind of hard to poop and take care of your hygiene when water doesn’t flow downward.

Mercury Weather: Morning Micro-Meteor Showers That Change Its Thin Atmosphere

Micrometeoroids are pieces of disintegrated long-period comets and the dawn on Mercury, given its slow rotation speed, lasts several Earth days.

Solar Storm Hits Mars, Causes Planet-Wide Aurora

A strong solar storm hit the red planet in the second week of September, and caused a global aurora that covered all of Mars.

NASA Asks Citizen Scientists To Help Map Earth, Moon, Mars

Citizen-scientists are key to mapping Earth through photos taken by astronauts

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Lockheed Martin Unveils Mars Base Camp For Missions To Red Planet

Lockheed Martin has laid out a plan that involves NASA and the spacecraft Orion coming together to design a Mars Base Camp that can be reused and possibly run on frozen asteroid ice.

NASA’s Hubble Spots Intense Star Formation In Colliding Galaxies

The Hubble Space Telescope photographed two entangled galaxies about 24 million light-years away that together form a system called Arp 269.

James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s Hubble Successor, Will Launch In Spring 2019

The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope was scheduled to launch in October 2018, but will now leave Earth at least 6 months later.

Supermassive Black Hole Formation Fueled By Supersonic Gas From Big Bang

The formation of supermassive black holes have been a mystery. Scientists have found that supersonic streams of gas left behind from the Big Bang holds the answers.

NASA's Hubble Photographs Farthest Active Inbound Comet From Oort Cloud

At a distance of 1.5 billion miles from the Sun, K2 becomes the farthest comet ever observed and photographed.

NASA Mission To Mars: Crew Simulates Isolated Colony In Volcano Dome

Six people just came out of a Mars mission simulation for NASA that had them in isolation for eight months. At least one of them would go right back in.