NanoRacks project could be a giant leap for commercial space

A Webster company could soon receive NASA's blessing to build an airlock for the International Space Station that would launch small satellites and test experiments outside the station, while potentially providing an avenue for retrieving and repairing broken equipment.

3D-Printed Engine Part Passes Hypersonic Flight Test

This is seriously cool. American aerospace company Orbital ATK has tested a 3D-printed hypersonic engine combustor, one that could supposedly be used in a high-speed plane known as a scramjet.

Pluto: Impact craters indicate heart-shaped Sputnik Planum is only 10 million years old

Pluto's heart-shaped Sputnik Planum region is only 10 million years old — far younger than the rest of the dwarf planet, according to a new study.

The Future of Space Exploration

Astronauts and NASA personnel look the future and where they think the space program will go next.

Most distant massive galaxy cluster identified

Formed in the first 4 billion years of the universe, cluster is 1,000 times more massive than the Milky Way.

REVEALED: Inside the heart of a galaxy-guzzling supermassive black hole

NASA has obtained its best ever images of a supermassive black hole and the mysterious ring that feeds the galactic gobbler.

Lunar Leap: Europe Eyes Establishment of Moon Base by 2030s

There is growing interest in Europe to prioritize the moon as humanity's next deep-space destination. The moon, supporters say, can serve as a springboard to push the human exploration of the solar system, with Mars as the horizon goal.

The Horsehead Nebula

The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most famous nebulae on the sky. It is visible as the dark indentation to the red emission nebula in the center of the above photograph.

The quantum computing era is coming - fast

Processors using quantum mechanics are reportedly achieving much greater problem-solving speed.

Winter Is Coming: Giant Ice Cloud Appears On Titan

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a massive, never-before-seen icy cloud at the south pole of Saturn's huge moon Titan.

Astronomers Spot Mysterious System 1600 Light-Years Away

There is a peculiar system 1,600 light-years from our solar system. It is composed of two brown dwarfs, massive objects too big to be planets and too small to fuse hydrogen and become stars. But that is not the strange part: Scientists have now discovered a Venus-sized planet around the smaller brown dwarf. 

Astronomers capture most powerful explosion since big bang

Astronomers capture an image of the continuing eruption of the most powerful explosion since the big bang.

Astronomers discover the longest galaxy-scale stripping process ever observed

Astronomers from the University of Bonn in Germany, have discovered what appears to be the longest X-ray tail associated with a stripping process from a galaxy on a large scale. This galaxy with the enormous X-ray tail is a member of a galaxy cluster known as Zwicky 8338.