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Newly received images from the surface of Mars confirm that NASA's Curiosity rover successfully extracted the 1st ever samples collected by drilling down inside a rock on another planet and transferred the pulverized ali...

Next week, the Space Exploration Alliance will call upon Congress to ensure that America's space program is a national priority in the coming year. Space advocacy groups from all over the country will gather in our natio...

Although these strange features on Mars look a bit like hieroglyphics or geoglyphs such as the mysterious Nazca lines on Earth, they are completely natural features, ones that are found on Earth too. This is one of the l...

It's not often that people on Earth get to hangout with astronauts in space, but today NASA held the first-ever Google Plus Hangout from the International Space Station. It was a live event, and if you aren't familiar ye...

In the Battlestar: Galactica universe, nebulas are a nifty spot to hide from the Cylons that are plotting to kill humanity. There's just one problem with the hypothesis, though -- these diffuse areas of gas in our univer...

NASA scientist, Dr. David S. McKay has passed away. He may be best known for his paper about a Martian meteorite, ALH84001, which presented an argument that it contained evidence for life on Mars. McKay had been battling...

On February 19 and 20, 2013, scientists watched a giant sunspot form in under 48 hours. It has grown to over six Earth diameters. This image by astrophotographer Paul Andrew shows a detailed, close-up view of this sunspo...