Space

Rising air during global dust storms on Mars hoists water vapor high in the the planet's atmosphere, new research shows.

Researchers have caught a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy snacking on gas and then "burping" not once, but twice.

A 60-year-old mystery regarding the source of energetic and potentially damaging particles in Earth's radiation belts is now solved, thanks to a satellite built and operated by students.

A solar instrument package designed to help monitor the planet's climate is now set for launch Dec. 12 aboard a SpaceX rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 

A ̽»¨ÊÓƵ team will build a tiny orbiting satellite to study the evaporating atmospheres of gigantic "hot Jupiters," gaseous planets orbiting scorchingly close to parent stars. Watch the video.

Few have heard of Hisako Koyama, but her work places her among the top solar observers of the past four centuries, alongside names like Galileo, according to new research.

The announcement yesterday that international scientists had discovered the first-ever evidence of the collision of two neutron stars rocked well beyond the science world. Watch the video.

An unexpectedly strong blast from the Sun hit Mars this month, observed by NASA missions, including the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft.

After a highly successful mission, the Cassini spacecraft will give up Saturn's last secrets to ̽»¨ÊÓƵ scientists before disintegrating in the planet's dense atmosphere Sept. 15.

In 1977, NASA launched two space probes destined to upend our view of the solar system. Decades later, the discoveries continue to dazzle. Read more, listen to the podcast, watch the video.