Topic: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Unsuspecting target chosen for asteroid-smashing mission

A joint European/US mission to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid now has a target: the asteroid Didymos, which poses no threat to Earth and has no idea what's coming.

Do Pluto's moons pose risks for NASA spacecraft? (+video)

Out at the edge of the solar system, surprises for Voyager 1 (+video)

Hubble telescope spots fifth moon orbiting Pluto (+video)

Why James Cameron and Larry Page want to mine asteroids (+video)

Photos of asteroid Vesta reveal bright, ancient rock and dark, melted stone

Comet's fiery plunge may tell us how planets form

Mars rover gets 'engine' upgrade: Curiosity fueled by nuclear power

New images of protoplanet Vesta reveal mountain bigger than Everest

Messenger's message from Mercury: Time to rewrite the textbooks

Pluto moon discovery hints at future surprises for NASA probe

NASA's Messenger probe beams back amazing images of Mercury

How Mercury is like Saturn (and other surprises from NASA's orbiter)

Voyager 1 encounters the unexpected at edge of the solar system

First photo of Mercury from orbiting spacecraft

NASA milestone: MESSENGER spacecraft enters orbit around Mercury

NASA probe poised to be first to orbit Mercury

Did asteroids bring water to Earth?

NASA's Messenger probe reveals new clues about Mercury

Astronomers spot planetary wreckage around distant star

Comet Lulin arrives tonight - break out your telescopes

On Saturn's moons, some unexpected hints of water