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The Curiosity rover is having a "field day" exploring the rocks in shallow depression that scientists call 'Yellowknife Bay', which is chockfull of light toned rocks. One small rock or feature - the size of a pebble or l...

Look closely and see where the Curiosity rover has been roving about inside Gale Crater on Mars, from "Bradbury Landing" to its current location in "Yellowknife Bay." This shot was taken by the HiRISE camera on board the...

Astronauts on the International Space Station today are installing a new modified Celestron telescope. This won't be used to observe the stars, but instead look back to Earth to acquire imagery of specific areas of the w...

See photos of Dragon, Grasshopper and other SpaceX rockets taken since the company was founded in 2002.

The new geographic South Pole marker that stands at 90º S latitude. (Credit: Jeffrey Donenfeld) Because the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station sits atop a layer of moving ice almost 2 miles thick, the location of the mar...