By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's first telescope dispatched to hunt for Earth-like planets that may support life elsewhere in the universe has lost use of its positioning system, threatening its mission, officials said o... [Full Article]
The planet Uranus reaches opposition on Saturday (Sept. 29). This means that Uranus is directly opposite the sun in the sky. (Source: SPACE.com)... [Full Article]
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of three odd galaxies that may help scientists solve a 13 billion-year cosmic mystery. (Source: SPACE.com)... [Full Article]
Who will protect us from a killer asteroid? A team of ex-NASA astronauts and scientists thinks it's up to them. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
A team of scientists will reveal plans today (June 28) for the first-ever privately funded deep-space expedition - an unmanned telescope mission that will scan the inner solar system for potentially dangerous asteroids. (Source: SPACE.com)... [Full Article]
A European project to build the largest optical telescope on Earth took a big step closer to becoming reality Monday (June 11), when final approval came from the scientific consortium backing the new observatory. (Source: SPACE.com)... [Full Article]
Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced Fri... [Full Article]
Australia and South Africa will share the location for the world's most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array's scientific consortium announced on Friday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]