SPACE

A team of scientists, engineers and others are pushing for a crowdsourced message from humanity to be uploaded aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.

The discovery of a fast-spinning neutron star in an evolutionary phase can help scientists observe pulsars’ intense magnetic field.

NASA is entering the workshop phase of its Asteroid Initiative and is encouraging the public to participate in the presentations beginning on Sept. 30.

A new galaxy called M60-UCD1 is packed with an extraordinary number of stars and, quite possibly, a gigantic black hole.

Based on new calculations, researchers believe the moon is 100 million years younger than previously thought.

Atlantis, the underground black market seen as a competitor to Silk Road, has been shut down for “security reasons.”

NASA's Curiosity spent months looking for methane in the atmosphere of Mars but did not find any, contrary to previously published reports.

Astronomers captured the sharpest image of the Prawn Nebula, a stellar nursery that is about 6,000 light-years from Earth.

NASA's Hubble telescope has uncovered the largest known population of globular star clusters that can be reliable tracers for dark matter.

A 3D map of the central bulge provides a new look at the billions of stars located in the heart of our galaxy.

Brown dwarfs defy easy classification as these objects are incredibly cool and blur the line between star and planet.

On Friday, Sept. 6 at 11:27 p.m. ET NASA will launch its LADEE moon probe into space. You can watch coverage of the launch starting at 9:30 p.m. ET on NASA TV.

Bipolar planetary nebulae are mysteriously aligned in the central bulge of the Milky Way, a surprising discovery considering the diversity of these objects.

Researchers believe a large space probe could deflect an asteroid away from Earth thus avoiding a potential catastrophe.

The Hubble Space Telescope recently spotted a 'cosmic caterpillar' housing the birth of a protostar 4,500 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.

The oldest twin of our sun, approximately 4 billion years older but nearly identical, was found approximately 250 light-years from Earth.

The Orion Nebula is a perfect region of space for astronomers to gain new insights on star formation.

Hundred of images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope have been used to create a movie of a "space Slinky," a jet of gas being ejected by a supermassive black hole.

Astronomers have observed a "fluffy" layer above Ry Tau's dust disk which could help in the creation of new planets.

New technology is helping astronomers create the sharpest images ever of space, and a new optics system has led to several discoveries recently published in the Astrophysical Journal.

NASA’s asteroid-hunting spacecraft, WISE, will return to service to assist the space agency in exploring asteroids.