This screenshot from CCTV (China Central Television) shows China’s first moon rover Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, in an image taken by the camera on the Chang’e 3 moon lander, Dec. 15, 2013. China does not ...

One would think that this excellent question would be easy to answer: A bucket full of “deep space” would contain essentially nothing — and, well, there you are! Outer space is, after all, the closest ...

The 70-meter antenna, designated DSS-14, at the Deep Space Network site in Goldstone, California. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — One of the largest antennas in NASA’s Deep Space Network was damaged in ...