Data from the mission could help scientists determine the Milky Way’s origin
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China’s First Moon Probe Makes Successful Landing
The rover ‘Yutu’ is expected to separate from the lander Sunday
H2Whoa! Hubble Telescope Finds Geysers of Water on Jupiter’s Moon Europa
Scientists suspected that the moon of Europa had an ocean of water beneath frozen ice. A new study suggests that water may be closer to the surface than they thought
Lockheed Martin Supports Mars Colonization
Firm will produce study for private quest to put humans on the red planet by 2025
The Year’s Most Beautiful Photos From Space
Cosmic photography is always breathtaking, so a full year’s worth of images provides plenty of choices. Here are some of 2013’s highlights.
Window on Infinity, Thanksgiving Edition: Pictures From Space
The cosmos are lit up year round, but as the Holiday season begins, they’re offering an especially splashy mix—from a daredevil comet to a box-like supernova to a spectacular portrait of Saturn, with a tiny Earth lurking in the …
Falling Satellite Fortunately Causes No Damage
The scientific orbiter probably burned up while making its descent back to Earth
Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space
A comet closes in for a Holiday rendezvous with Earth, while new stars are born in the Elephant Trunk Nebula, and the coldest place in the universe shows its face. In other words, just another month in space.
Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space
From an explosion on the sun to a successful docking of a commercial spacecraft with the International Space Station, to a frog sent accidentally flying by a NASA rocket launch, it was an exciting month in the space biz—unless …
Mystery Solved: Black Hole Belch Caused Galactic Glow
How astronomers discovered signs of a massive, two-million-year-old “burp” at the Milky Way’s core