SPACE.com - Astronomers peering at a large alien planet have found it to be covered by an atmosphere unlike that of any extrasolar planet yet seen.

Hurricane hunters crammed aboard a NASA DC-8 jetliner packed tight with a multitude of complicated instruments spent their Monday in a spot few probably envy: flying through the eye of Hurricane Earl. Repeatedly.

LiveScience.com - A healthy variety of good food and strong emotional support will be vital in the coming months for the 33 trapped Chilean miners awaiting rescue deep underground, a NASA physician said Tuesday.

Already deprived of sunlight, fresh air and their loved ones for 26 days, NASA doctors say 33 miners trapped deep in a Chilean mine must continue to forego two other pleasures: alcohol and cigarettes.

SPACE.com - NASA may appear to have its pick of thousands of known asteroids for a manned mission, but only two are good targets within the next 20 years.

NASA experts advised Chilean officials to be frank with 33 miners trapped deep underground about how long their rescue will take, as a giant drill slowly burrowed toward the desperate men.

SPACE.com - Two commercial space companies are set to launch experimental rockets on a series of test flights close to the edge of space, supported by new NASA funding.

SPACE.com - A NASA satellite that spent seven years studying Earth's polar regions ended its successful mission Monday by plunging back to Earth on purpose to burn up in the atmosphere.

LiveScience.com - NASA has posted almost 200 pictures to the photo-sharing site Flickr in what is the first of many batches of photos the space agency plans to share for public feedback.

He'll be in charge of the $135-billion International Space Station, orbiting the Earth 400 kilometres up, but Chris Hadfield wouldn't dare disobey his wife and shave off his moustache.

Space station astronauts have ventured out on a third spacewalk in just over a week for urgent repair work.