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Jun 15, 2013 04:06 PM EDT

First Woman in Space Celebrates Historic 50 Years of Women in Orbit

It's official. We're hitting the 50 year mark when it comes to the history of women in space on Sunday. In 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was launched into space, making her the first woman to blast into orbit.

Jun 14, 2013 02:12 PM EDT

NASA Solves Mystery of Black Hole's High Powered X-Rays (Video)

Black holes emit high powered X-rays as gas spirals toward them. Yet astrophysicists have been unable to explain why they produce so much energy. Now, NASA may have discovered new clues when it comes to solving this mystery.

Jun 14, 2013 08:30 AM EDT

Tiny Alien World Challenges Planet Formation Theories by Orbiting Distantly from its Star

We're learning a little bit more about alien worlds and how they're created. Scientists have discovered evidence that a tiny extrasolar planet may be forming quite far from its star--about the twice the distance Pluto is from our Sun. The new findings could reveal a little bit more about planets in ...

Jun 13, 2013 02:33 PM EDT

New Technique Reveals Clearer Picture of the Origins of our Universe

There may be a new technique that will give astronomers a clearer picture of our universe. Researchers have developed a method that can be used in the next generation of radio telescopes in order to help make new findings about stars, exoplanets and space.

Jun 13, 2013 11:05 AM EDT

Mars Temperature Mystery Solved: NASA Discovers Water-Ice Clouds to Blame

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered something else about the Red Planet. While Earth experiences rises and falls in temperatures once a day, it turns out that the Martian atmosphere actually feels these rises and falls twice daily. The culprit? Water-ice clouds.

Jun 12, 2013 08:38 PM EDT

Work on Science Module For Dark Universe Mission Euclid Started

In particular, Euclid will address one of the most important questions in modern cosmology: why is the Universe expanding at an accelerating rate today, rather than slowing down due to the gravitational attraction of all the matter in it?

Jun 12, 2013 05:17 PM EDT

Bonanza of Black Holes Discovered in Nearby Andromeda Galaxy by NASA

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has made a new discovery. It's found a veritable bonanza of black holes in the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the nearest galaxies to our own Milky Way.

Jun 12, 2013 08:54 AM EDT

Swiss Astronomers Discover New Kind of Variable Star in Stellar Cluster

A team of Swiss astronomers have discovered a new class of variable star by measuring minute variations in stellar brightness.

Jun 12, 2013 07:01 AM EDT

NASA Watches Black Hole Nap After Snacking on Gas in Starburst Galaxy

NASA's NuSTAR and Chandra Observatory have watched as a black hole in a nearby galaxy snacked on gas and then fell asleep ten years later.

Jun 12, 2013 06:03 AM EDT

NASA Lunar Orbiter Discovers Materials that Halt Hazardous Space Radiation: Mars Mission on Track

NASA has used its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to track down the materials that may halt hazardous radiation--one of the dangers of extended space travel to places like Mars.

Jun 12, 2013 05:37 AM EDT

Sliding Dry Ice Resulted in Mysterious Gullies on Martian Dunes

The mysterious furrows that are visible on the Martian dunes are a result of the sliding blocks of frozen carbon dioxide that is otherwise known as dry ice, according to the latest NASA report.

Shenzhou-10, China’s fifth manned spacecraft, took off from the Jiuquan launch center

Jun 11, 2013 05:28 PM EDT

Three Chinese Astronauts Reach Orbit With Shenzhou-10 Launch (Video)

The Chinese manned spacecraft Shenzhou-10 launched early this morning at 5:38 a.m. ET from the the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on a 15 day mission, the longest Chinese manned mission yet.