A Mars Announcement ‘for the History Books’? Not So Fast
By Jeffrey Kluger
Big news from Mars may turn out to be more modest than it sounds
Space
The Earth as Art: Satellite Images of Our Planet from Orbit
By Kari CollinsNov. 19, 20120
The lidless eyes of the satellites circle the Earth, looking down upon the surface. The images that satellites like the U.S. Geological Survey’s Landsat 7 become instant feedback about our effect on the planet, how the Earth is sh …
Crowd-Sourcing Science: Can You Find the Dark Matter?
By Michael LemonickNov. 19, 20120
Everyone’s an astronomer as the search for mysterious matter goes wide
Lost in Space: A Starless Planet Floats Alone
By Michael D. LemonickNov. 14, 20120
A strange, free-range world is found
Found: The Earthiest New Planet Yet
By Michael LemonickNov. 08, 20120
A world like ours, in a solar system like ours, in just the right spot for life
Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space
By Kari CollinsNov. 05, 20120
From the final journey of Space Shuttle Endeavour to the destruction of Hurricane Sandy, view our monthly roundup of cosmic highlights from October 2012.
Found: The Very First Stars
By Michael LemonickNov. 02, 20120
Astronomers have peeled back the layers of the Universe’s Dark Ages to find its oldest stars
Hors d’Oeuvre for the Milky Way
By Jeffrey KlugerOct. 26, 20120
A delicate formation in the southern sky provides new clues to the galaxy’s formation
Don’t Sneeze in Space: When Astronauts Get Sick
By Jeffrey KlugerOct. 22, 20120
A small problem on Earth can be a very big one in space. How science is trying to cut the risk
Shiny Fleck on Martian Surface! Why it Matters
By Jeffrey KlugerOct. 19, 20120
The Mars rover digs in to work as a millimeter-size grain catches eyes
Cosmic Crack-Up: How We Got the Moon
By Veronique GreenwoodOct. 18, 20120
New theories about the long-ago collision that forever transformed our nighttime sky
An Earthlike World in the Cosmic Neighborhood
By Michael LemonickOct. 17, 20120
Just down the block from our planet — circling one of the stars in Alpha Centauri — is a world very similar to the one we know best