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Why It?s a Mistake for NASA to Scrap the Space Shuttle Program

The future of NASA is all about deep space exploration now.

NASA Heads to Mars' Gale Crater in Search of Life and Water [VIDEO]

NASA has chosen a landing site for its next Mars rover with the goal of seeking more signs of life and historical water on the planet. Scientists have long known that Mars is home to a few patches of carbonates -- minerals that form readily in large bodies of water -- but they suspect that many more carbonates may be hidden beneath layers of the Red planet.

Largest Ever Water Reservoir Discovered in Space

Astronomers have found a massive water vapor cloud floating around a black hole in the universe.

Alaska Volcano Poised for Major Eruption, Could Cause Travel Chaos

Officials at the Alaska Volcano Observatory warn that a remote Alaskan volcano may be poised for its next big eruption. The 5,676-foot Cleveland Volcano lies directly under commercial airline flight paths between North America and Asia.

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A Search for Habitable Planets: Another Earth

The Kepler Mission is a NASA Discovery Program for detecting potentially life-supporting planets around other stars.

NASA Braces for Deep Space Exploration Post-Shuttle Atlantis

After the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis, NASA is bracing for its future in deep space exploration.

Huge Mass of Water Discovered Surrounding Black Hole Billions of Light Years Away

A huge reservoir of water engulfing a quasar, or a feeding black hole billions of light years away in outer confines of the universe, has been detected by scientists.

NASA Rover Curiosity Will Land at Gale Crater on Mars [PHOTOS]

After careful deliberation, scientists have chosen the Gale crater as the landing site for the Mars rover Curiosity.

Spiral Galaxy Glows Like a Cosmic Spider Web

Spiral Galaxy Looks Like Bright and Swirling Cosmic Spider Web [PHOTO]

A new image released by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescopes reveals a bright and swirling spider web in space evoked by a spiral galaxy’s starlight and a delicate pattern of dust in space.

Strange Green Blob Spotted in Space

NASA's Hubble Telescope has captured an unusual, ghostly green blob of gas that appears to float near a neighboring spiral galaxy.

What Activates Supermassive Black Holes?

Most of the huge black holes in the centers of galaxies in the past 11 billion years were not activated by galactic collisions, as had been previously thought, a new study reveals.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Discovered New Pluto Moon.

What Should be the Name of Pluto’s Fourth Moon? Mickey or Cerberus?

Astronomers have discovered a fourth moon orbiting the distant planet of Pluto using the Hubble Space Telescope. The latest discovery has been temporarily designated as P4 and joins the planet's other three satellites; Charon, Nix and Hydra.

Mars Rover to Land in Gale Crater, Preps for Astronaut Visit [PHOTOS]

NASA has picked the Gale crater to be the landing site of the Mars rover Curiosity.

NASA Dawn Probe Sends First Images of Asteroid Vesta [PHOTOS]

See the first photo of Vesta

Private Firms Compete for the Next Big Market: Space

Now that NASA's shuttle program has ended, a a new constellation of companies is set to respond to the sudden demand for firms with the capability to transport humans to the International Space Station, and eventually the moon.

Branson Says Space Hotels Are Not Far Off

The landing of the Atlantis space shuttle that put an end to 500 million miles of space travel on Thursday has sparked lights in Billionaire Richard Branson's entrepreneurial mind as he prepares to make space tourism possible.

NASA Talks New Mars Rover, Plans to Visit Red Planet

NASA discusses the latest Mars Rover and its plans to visit the red planet.

Space shuttle Atlantis is towed to its hangar after landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida

Private Space Flight Industry Ready for Blast-off, Post-Atlantis

Now that NASA's shuttle program has ended, a new constellation of companies is set respond to the sudden demand for firms with the capability to transport humans to the International Space Station and eventually the moon.

NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis: Shuttle Firsts and Lasts [PHOTOS]

Private Firms Scramble to Get in on Space Flight Industry Post-Space Shuttle Atlantis

Space shuttle Atlantis may be permanently stuck on earth, but the private space industry is preparing for blastoff.

After Atlantis, Private Firms Eye Space Flight for Commodities, Riches

Private firms are competing to dominate a new market, and to boldly go where no company has gone before.

Will the Private Sector Help Americans in a Renewed Space Race?

The U.S. delivered the last time there was a space race. This time those who want to see the country beat the Russians and other space competition may be relying on the private sector.

In Space Race, Is Russia Now Ahead of U.S.?

An irony: the U.S., which won the moon race to symbolize the superiority of democracy/free markets vs. communism/centrally-planned economy, will now relinquish delivery of humans into space to Russia.

NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis: Shuttle Firsts and Lasts [PHOTOS]

On July 8, NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off for its final mission, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. The return of the Space shuttle marked the end the 30-year shuttle era.

Atlantis Space Shuttle Landing: The Dramatic Photos from NASA

Atlantis space shuttle landed at 5:58 a.m. ET this morning at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, signaling the bittersweet end of NASA's decades-long shuttle program.

Space shuttle Atlantis Commander Chris Ferguson Answers

NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis Crew Receives Call From President Obama, While Gravitating [VIDEO]

As the space shuttle Atlantis safely landed at 5:57 Thursday morning at Kennedy Space Center, it marked the end of one era of American space exploration.

President Obama Calls Gravitating Space Shuttle Atlantis Crew Thursday Morning [WATCH VIDEO]

When the space shuttle Atlantis safely touched down at 5:57 Thursday morning at Kennedy Space Center, it marked the end of one era of American space exploration.