This space wallpaper shows the ray pattern of dust that was ejected from the crater over a billion years ago, when an asteroid larger than a mile (1.6 km) across slammed into the Moon.

Don't miss your chance to see three bright planets in the night sky.

On May 26th three planets, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury, will appear in a triangular formation on the western horizon just after sunset.

The find sheds new light on the role such huge collisions played in galactic evolution long ago.

Watch a webcast showing views of the moon's fresh, new meteorite impact site.

A rare encounter between two gas-rich galaxies spotted by ESA’s Herschel space observatory indicates a solution to an outstanding problem: how did massive, passive galaxies form in the early Universe?

The older cousin of Curiosity discovered a water-weathered rock hinting that Mars could have supported life in its ancient past.

A multiple exposure image of the Rendezvous Docking Simulator during a training.

'Star Trek Into Darkness' may be all the rage, but the recent 'Oblivion' is worth it just for NASA's cameo. See where NASA stands in the film.

NASA is reportedly giving a 3D printing company a six month, $125,000 grant to work on the project.

The meteorite was found in 2012 in Morocco's Sahara Desert.

Lawmakers questioned NASA's plan to lasso an asteroid for astronauts to visit.

Though not all survived, the animal astronauts will yield important data on the effects of spaceflight, scientists say.

China is intent on becoming a major space power.

See photos of the Oklahoma tornadoes that struck on May 20, 2013, as viewed from space.

The 3D food printer could one day be used to feed astronauts on long-duration space missions.

The lunar surface is incredibly exposed.

Glowing Saturn will be close to the gibbous moon.

A crew of astronauts venture to Jupiter's moon Europa in the new sci-fi thriller 'Europa Report.'

An intrepid crew of astronauts explores Jupiter's most famed icy moon in "Europa Report." See photos from the 2013 science fiction film.