Astronomers recently announced they've discovered two more exoplanets orbiting a star 54 light-years away, confirming the belief that rocky planets orbit stars relatively close to Earth. These two exoplanets were found orbiting the star HD 7924 , according to a paper released by the scientists who announced the discovery. They had previously discovered another exoplanet orbiting HD 7924, and all of the three planets complete a full orbit in 24.5 days or fewer, the paper added. This is an artist's...

Over a week after launching and ultimately failing to dock with the International Space Station (ISS), unmanned Russian spacecraft Progress 59 reentered Earth's atmosphere and burned up over the Pacific Ocean. Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency,. On April 28, Roscosmos launched Progress 59 from Kazakhstan on a mission to resupply the ISS, but the cargo ship failed to dock with the station and went into an uncontrolled spin. (MORE: ) For Roscosmos, that means losing nearly $51 million and...

Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the , when astronaut Ed White became the “first American to step outside his spacecraft and let go, effectively setting himself adrift in the zero gravity of space,” NASA writes. He floated around the Gemini spacecraft for 23 minutes. Since then, our intimate knowledge of the vastness of space has expanded exponentially. NASA has engineered more than 250 spacewalks, and earlier in 2014, the agency sent a man to spend a full year on...

Kevin Eichelberger was in the middle of a Bahamas getaway with friends when they found something that immediately made the trip worthwhile. "It was about 100 to 200 yards out," he told weather.com. "We saw it from the steps of our beach house." What they found last Friday were pieces of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket wreckage, which had washed up on the shores of Elbow Cay weeks after the ship's booster crash-landed in mid-April. The metal chunk was covered...

A new fleet of NASA satellites launching next year aim to help scientists predict hurricane intensities. The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) is a that will measure ocean surface winds after it launches in October 2016, according to NASA. Eight satellites will deploy from the main CYGNSS module above Earth. (University of Michigan ) With that data, NASA scientists can better understand air to sea interactions that occur in the eyes of storms. (MORE: ) When it comes to...

While most kids his age were learning how to drive a car, 15-year-old Tom Wagg set his sights on something much bigger. Wagg spotted a Jupiter-sized planet , the school announced on its website. The planet, which has yet to receive a name but is labeled WASP-142b, is some 1,000 light-years from Earth and orbits its star every two days, the report added. This is an artist's rendition of how the planet might look. (David A. Hardy) "I'm hugely excited...

After seven months of silence, the Philae spacecraft that landed on a comet last fall has sent signals back to Earth. when its spacecraft Philae became the first spacecraft to settle on a comet when it touched down on icy 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November. But the solar-powered probe came down with a bounce and ended up in the shadow of a cliff instead of in direct sunlight. As a result, Philae managed to conduct experiments and send data to Earth for...

Graphic from NOAA shows auroras may be visible over parts of the U.K. as well as North America early this week. (Space Weather Prediction Center/NOAA) A geomagnetic storm hit Earth Monday as energy from a series of solar explosions reached Earth’s magnetic field — and space weather forecasters say it could be a multi-day event. NOAA map shows radio disturbances on Earth from the geomagnetic storm. (NOAA) NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) said the magnetic storm, which is forecast...

Space weather forecasters say Earth should prepare for the second geomagnetic storm in 48 hours to hit Wednesday. The first storm slammed Earth Monday and earned a "severe" G4 rating, the , according toNOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center's forecast model expected energy from another CME to arrive Wednesday evening, triggering a new geomagnetic storm. (NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center) Scientists explain the solar activity was the result of the sun releasing a series of...

Just months after NASA’s Dawn spacecraft captured images of on the dwarf planet Ceres, the probe has sent back a stunning photo of a pyramid-shaped structure. The mountain disrupts the dwarf planet’s mostly flat surface and stretches about, NASA says. Ceres' surface is full of surprises and hints to past activity of, according to scientists. (MORE: ) This animation shows a sequence of images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 4, 2015, from a distance of 8,400 miles (13,600...

A SpaceX rocket launch ended abruptly in a fiery explosion Sunday morning in the skies above Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket was carrying supplies, but no astronauts, to the International Space Station. NASA said the accident occurred a few minutes into the flight, and pieces of the ship were seen falling into the Atlantic Ocean. “We are disappointed in the loss of the latest SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station," NASA said in a statement. "However, the...

Stargazers and astronomers have been delighting this month in what may be one of the year’s most amazing celestial shows. But starting Tuesday night, Jupiter and Venus will be so close in the night sky they'll look like a double star, and they'll be easy to see. While the planets may appear to be colliding, they're actually far apart. Venus is 56 million miles from Earth, and Jupiter is 10 times farther out, at just over 550 million miles. Venus,...