Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield demonstrates the fine art of brushing teeth in space. ...

Engineers work on the GOES-S satellite, which is scheduled to be launched into space on March 1, 2018. It will provide forecasters with faster and more detailed information on storms, hurricanes and other weather events (NOAA) At a Glance NASA will be conducting a series of launches over the next six months.The first spacecraft to be sent up is the GOES-S weather satellite.The satellite will provide researchers with more detailed information on weather events. A high-powered weather satellite will be...

The image above shows a view of the Earth and moon from 39.5 million miles away, captured by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on Jan. 17, 2018. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin) At a Glance NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx captured an image of the Earth and moon from millions of miles away. The spacecraft is en route to Bennu, a carbon-rich asteroid that may hold a record of our solar systems’ earliest history. A NASA spacecraft tracking a massive asteroid caught a photo of...

Jupiter’s most recognizable feature could disappear in as few as ten years! ...

A new space mission seeks to experiment with space junk removal methods. ...

Astronomers say they may have found the most massive black holes ever discovered in our universe. They’re 10 billion times more massive than our sun. ...

At a Glance Researchers have discovered what may be the most massive black holes ever detected.Data suggests these "ultramassive" black holes are growing at the rate of the galaxies they're in. The giant space voids have masses that are at least 10 billion times that of the sun. Teams of researchers have discovered what may be the most massive black holes ever detected, and have found that they may be growing faster than the stars around them. Using X-rays and...

The image above shows Supernova 2016gkg , which is indicated by red bars, in the galaxy NGC 613 roughly 40 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Sculptor. (C. Kilpatrick, UC Santa Cruz, and Carnegie Institution for Science, Las Campanas Observatory, Chile) At a Glance An amateur astronomer captured lucky snapshots of a massive star explosion.The images are the first view of the initial burst of light from such a phenomenon.Researchers say they photos provide insight about the nature of...

A space enthusiast was in just the right place at the right time! ...

An artist’s rendition of a supernova. (NASA) At a Glance Astronomers have spotted the most distant and oldest known star in the universe.The light from the exploding hypernova took 10.5 billion years to reach Earth. Astronomers have confirmed the existence of the most distant and oldest known star in the universe, a massive supernova that exploded 10.5 billion years ago. First detected in August 2016, thehypernova, or superluminous supernova (SLSN), was again confirmed this monthby the Dark Energy Survey,a 400-member...

Astronomers spot the most distant exploding star ever recorded. It’s a whopping 10.5 billion light years from Earth. ...

The image above shows Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, before the planet's rings as one of its larger moons, Titan, looms in the back. Researchers believe the icy satellite could be an ideal home for alien life. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute) At a Glance Researchers suggest Saturn's moon Enceladus could be an ideal home for life. Organisms found on Earth thrived in lab conditions mimicking the moon's environment. The search for aliens has led scientists to our very own solar system,...