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NASA remembers Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on another world, one year after his death on Aug. 25, 2012 with help from Grammy-nominated Eric Brace and his original composition, "Tranquili...

The reaction to GZ Quench has been amazing. It has been great to see the interest and enthusiasm for supporting citizen scientists in experiencing the full scientific process. This morning's post was about how we have a ...

A stargazer snapped this beautiful composite image of the Milky Way and lunar halo over Malaysia.

In the 20 years since the idea was first proposed, scientists have improved their understanding of an ice-covered "snowball Earth." Researchers Linda Sohl recently spoke about how the idea has evolved along with the tech...

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This meeting was held on 15 March 2013. Minutes of the External Geophysics Forum, March 2013 Presentation on the Research Excellence Framework by Vicky Jones (HEFCE)

An enormous mirror will be cast inside a scorching-hot furnace Saturday (Aug. 24), marking a key milestone in the development of the Giant Magellan Telescope, which will collect more light than any instrument built to da...

We have a few dozen new galaxies in GZ Quench that need your classification savvy. As with all research projects, there are sure to be some glitches. Luckily we have a great group of Quenchers on the job. And as a few po...

A new test of NASA's future deep-space capsule for crews is reigniting the tradition of recovering NASA spacecraft from the sea.

The RAS will award one Norman Lockyer Fellowship and one RAS Research Fellowship in 2014, to begin on 1 October 2014 or within 6 months thereafter. The Sir Norman Lockyer Fellowship is awarded every three years to enable...

The deadline approaches for applications to join a one-way mission to Mars. Though the prospect is off-putting to many, it's also the dream of a lifetime to some.

The Solar System: it's our home in space, the neighborhood that we all grew up in and where -- unless we figure out a way to get somewhere else -- all of our kids and grandkids and great-great-great-great-times-infinity-...

Recent observations of Jupiter's moon Io has revealed a massive volcanic eruption taking place 628,300,000 km (390,400,000 miles) from Earth. Io, the innermost of the four largest moons around Jupiter, is the most volcan...

A NASA jumbo jet that for more than three decades ferried space shuttles across the country is now being readied for its own move, thanks to the support from the aerospace company that originally built the iconic Shuttle...

An insider view of the world's largest wind tunnel which was designed and managed by NACA.

NASA has released some new photos and video animations outlining the concept of how their planned asteroid capture mission will work. The plan is to find, capture, redirect a near-Earth asteroid to a stable point near th...

One of NASA's most audacious plans for the future is a mission to capture an asteroid and tug it back toward Earth so astronauts could visit it. This proposal is illustrated in captivating new detail in a series of image...

NASA's next robotic moon mission that will investigate the mysteries of moon dust and the lunar atmosphere is set for launch.

The aerospace industry has long sought to build a fully reusable rocket launch system to bring down the cost of ferrying people and payloads into orbit. What does it take to create one?

The DC-X (Delta Clipper Experimental) was a prototype for a reusable space launch vehicle tested in the 1990s. See how fully reusable launch vehicles are envisioned to work in this SPACE.com infographic.

The RAS will award one Norman Lockyer Fellowship and one RAS Research Fellowship to start in 2014. Full details of the fellowships are provided in the Norman Lockyer Fellowship terms and conditions, and the RAS Research ...

A spectacular nighttime blastoff blazing a historic trail to the Moon is set to soar in two weeks time when NASA's LADEE spacecraft lifts off from the Eastern Shore of Virginia at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallop...