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According to planetary scientist and Cassini imaging team leader Carolyn Porco, about 98 geyser jets of all sizes near Enceladus's south pole are spraying water vapor, icy particles, and organic compounds out into space....

In a world first, Canada's Chris Hadfield unveiled a new money note -- while in space. Hadfield spun a fiver before the camera Tuesday as part of a ceremony to announce new $5 and $10 bills that will be distributed in Ca...

The name says it all - Pocket Universe answers every question you have and never knew you had about the great beyond - astronomically speaking. Pocket Universe also has a feature that speaks to the trivial in me - the ne...

Reader Jeff Arnoldi recently approached me with an intriguing question about this Apollo 1 picture: Note that the U.S. flag is on their right shoulders. Every other Apollo mission crew and all mission crews since then we...

It seems an unlikely scenario: a teenager from Minnesota helping Italy's next astronaut talk to the public about spaceflight. But for Luca Parmitano, who has mentored Abigail "Abby" Harrison for two years, it's a way to ...