This Just In
May 20, 2013 12:20 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
On March 17, scientists monitoring the moon for meteorite impacts spotted the biggest impact event to date: a space rock the size of a basketball slammed into the lunar surface at a speed of 56,000 miles per hour (90,000 km/hr), … Continue reading →
May 19, 2013 02:35 PM ET // AFP
A number of mice and eight gerbils sent into space in a Russian capsule perished during their journey, after a month-long mission touched back down on Earth.
May 17, 2013 06:45 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has recreated the world's tiniest droplets of a primordial state of matter that last existed moments after the Big Bang, some 13.82 billion years ago. Continue reading →
May 17, 2013 12:56 PM ET // Mark Thompson
Later this month, three planets will gather very close in the twilight sky -- make sure you don't miss this stunning conjunction!
May 17, 2013 11:41 AM ET // Mike Wall, Space.com
A big asteroid will cruise by Earth at the end of the month, making its closest approach to our planet for at least the next two centuries.
May 16, 2013 09:14 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
After nine years of hard Mars roving, Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has broken a 40-year-old extraterrestrial distance record. Continue reading →
May 16, 2013 02:51 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
In side-by-side comparisons of observations of the same Mars region years apart, the active Martian atmosphere acts like an Etch A Sketch, rubbing out dust devils' tracks only for them to re-form years later.
May 16, 2013 12:30 PM ET // Robert Z. Pearlman, collectSPACE.com Editor
'Star Trek Into Darkness' warped into theaters Thursday, May 16. Is there a link between Starfleet and NASA's shuttle fleet?
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