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We've done a major update to our Phases of the Moon app for iPhone/iPad and Android, finally fulfilling the most requested feature: a Lunar Atlas. You can now pinch-zoom the Moon and two-finger pan it around. As you zoom...

In the ultimate example of science imitating art, engineers working with NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recently beamed an image of the Mona Lisa to the LRO and back via laser beam in order to measure the rate of tr...

Hubble view of star formation region N11 from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Image credit: NASA/ESA Hubble. Zoom by John Williams/TerraZoom using Zoomify. New computer wallpaper alert. Light from the Large Magellan...

The Orion spacecraft has gotten a new look for its first launch atop the inaugural flight of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) booster on the Exploration Mission-1 flight around the Moon in 2017 as seen in this new animat...

This week, scientists at NASA released their global climate analysis for 2012 which revealed that Earth continues to experience warmer temperatures than several decades ago. The past year was the ninth warmest year on re...

More details have emerged on NASA's plan to add the first commercial module to the International Space Station, an inflatable room built by Bigelow Aerospace. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), which is sched...

CSA astronaut Chris Hadfield strums some chords in the cupola (NASA) You've probably seen plenty of photos of astronauts and cosmonauts working aboard the International Space Station, and maybe even some videos of ISS br...