SpaceX Launches a Super-Secret Payload for the Feds
Marvel at the images from Cassini’s first Grand Finale orbit
The Cassini spacecraft is beginning its final set of daring orbits with breathtaking images of the Saturn system and rings
How NASA Visualizes Stunning Worlds Without Really Seeing Them
First look at images from Cassini’s dive between Saturn’s rings
These are the first images of the planet taken as the Cassini spacecraft made the first of its 22 planned dives between its rings.
Melting moons could support liveable atmospheres for aeons
If a migrating exoplanet dragged a Europa-like moon closer to its host star, the moon’s icy shell could melt into liquid oceans and breathable air
NASA and ESA join forces to build life-seeking Europa lander
The space agencies just announced a bold plan to search for aliens on Jupiter’s icy moon through a joint American-European mission
Icy Enceladus’s tiger stripes are a window on its watery depths
The moon of Saturn is best known for its watery plumes, which make it a good place to seek life – and the cracks that release the plumes may tell us more
So, That Asteroid Didn’t Kill Earth. Bonus: It Delivered Tons of Data
Quickest we could visit another star is 69 years – here’s how
It may be faster to send a spacecraft to Sirius than our closest star, thanks to a trick using starlight to slow it down
Cassini Is Ready to Sacrifice Itself for the Good of the Solar System
