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Physicist and artist unveil designs for warp-speed spacecraft
The technology needed to create a faster-than-light spacecraft doesn't exist yet. Will a spacecraft like this one someday carry humans to the stars?
June 16, 2014
Mercury passing in front of the sun, seen from Mars
Transit of planet Mercury across the sun on June 3, as seen from Mars by a camera on the Curiosity rover.
June 11, 2014
Solar maximum is back!
Solar Max has arrived, but this "Mini Max" is not like any other solar maximum of the Space Age.
June 11, 2014
Far side of the moon mystery solved
When spacecraft first transmitted the images of the moon's far side to Earth, we saw the lunar farside lacks the large dark areas called maria, or seas. Why?
June 11, 2014
X2.2 solar flare June 10
This flare is classified as an X2.2 flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.
June 10, 2014
Astronauts aboard the ISS on why their job is awesome and what they’re doing
Do these guys have the coolest jobs in the universe?
June 10, 2014
Photos: Russian cargo craft undocks from ISS
A look at the departing Russian cargo spacecraft from an ISS window as it undocked this morning, and a look back at the ISS from the cargo spacecraft.
June 9, 2014
First Vine from space
The first-ever Vine from space condenses the ISS’s 92-minute lap around the Earth into six seconds.
June 9, 2014
Moon formed from Earth collision with planet-sized body: New evidence
The theory that the moon formed when a planet-sized body named Theia crashed into Earth is supported by new evidence using samples from Apollo missions.
June 9, 2014
Asteroid nicknamed Beast to fly past Earth June 8
Once they looked, astronomers began finding many asteroids near Earth. The one passing Sunday, June 8 is an especially big one, found only two months ago.
June 6, 2014
