If Trump Sends NASA to the Moon, Congress Might Be Into It
Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material
The first evidence of organic material on Ceres opens the door to the possibility that other asteroids harbour precursors to primitive life
88 New Satellites Will Watch Earth, All the Time, All the Places
Mars landing sites for 2020 NASA mission down to the final three
At a meeting in California, NASA scientists whittled down the landing sites for its next rover - which will search for signs of life
Robo-Telescopes Capture the Last Gasp of a Dying Star
Magnetic meteorites narrow down solar system’s birthdate
Magnetic fields in 4-billion-year-old rocks suggest the dust and gas cloud that spawned the solar system had gone by 3.8 million years after the sun formed
NASA wants to put a lander on Europa’s surface to look for life
If it goes ahead, the proposed lander mission would be NASA’s first search for life on the surface of another planet since the Mars Viking missions in the late seventies
Earth’s Best Defense Against Killer Asteroids Needs Cash
Space junk collector burns up after hitting snag in first test
A JAXA spacecraft designed to clear Earth's neighbourhood of debris with an electrified cable re-entered the atmosphere this morning after a failed mission
Tiny spacecraft could brake at exoplanet using alien starlight
Lightweight solar sails could bring spacecraft to the nearest star in just 20 years – but hitting the brakes will be challenging. A new paper suggests using the stars themselves to park around their planets