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NASA's LADEE moon mission will probe the lunar atmosphere like never before. The 100-day Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer mission is aimed at studying moon dust and its role in the moon's atmosphere. See th...

Earthlings might be treated to a dazzling celestial display this fall as Comet ISON makes a suicidal plunge toward the sun. But NASA's rovers and orbiters at Mars will get a glimpse of the icy wanderer first.

Skywatchers with telescopes of 8"-14" in diameter - NASA is looking to assemble a network of observers to report impacts. Changes in the Moon's atmosphere during the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer mission...

NASA's next mission to the moon is expected to liftoff from Virginia's Eastern Shore on Friday (Sept. 6), but you don't need to be there to watch it live.

The dust refuses to settle on a debate about whether asteroid impacts caused one of Earth’s most famous cold snaps 12,900 years ago. [More] --

This series of simulated views shows various viewpoints of the trajectory of the Minotaur 5 rocket that will carry NASA's LADEE moon probe into orbit. Launch is scheduled for Sept. 6, 2013.

This fascinating space wallpaper shows the caterpillar-shaped knot, called IRAS 20324+4057, which is a protostar in a very early evolutionary stage. It is still in the process of collecting material from an envelope of g...

A meteor or comet impact near Quebec heaved a rain of hot melted rock along the Atlantic Coast about 12,900 years ago, a new study claims. The new research impacts a controversial theory about a big climate shift called ...

On 6 September, NASA plans to send a vacuum cleaner to the Moon. Called the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), the orbiter will collect dust and gas molecules to figure out what... --

This meeting of the Astronomy Forum was held on 17 September 2012. Minutes of the Astronomy Forum, September 2012 Presentation: UK Space Agency update / preparation for ESA ministerial by Dave Parker (UKSA) Presentation:...

This meeting of the Astronomy Forum was held on 12 Feburary 2013. Minutes of the Astronomy Forum, February 2013 Presentation: STFC engagement update (not available) by John Womersley (STFC) Presentation: STFC Astronomy P...

An ultracold vacuum chamber ran a simulation of the early universe and came up with some interesting findings about how the environment looked shortly after the Big Bang occurred. Specifically, the atoms clustered in pat...

You are probably aware that this is the Food Week on our blog network, following in the fooststeps of the publication of the special Food issue of the Scientific American magazine . Today, I am... --

Tens of thousands of people are prepared to leave their families, jobs and lives behind for a one-way trip to Mars. But what sort of person would go?

Slinking along through the sands of space is a "cosmic caterpillar" as dubbed by NASA in a new photo released from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Yes, this week is the Food Week on #SciAmBlogs network! Keep coming back every day this week for a feast of blogging on all aspects of food, agriculture and nutrition. - Tabitha M. Powledge... --

Aurora season must have started in Scandinavia! Frank Olsen just posted this fantastic shot of the Aurora Borealis dancing across the sky and reflecting on the water in Norway, and below, astrophotographer Göran Strand ...

OK, you’ve waited patiently for Comet ISON to brighten and reappear in the dawn sky. It has. Now you’re chomping at the bit for a look at it in your telescope. Before you set the alarm and venture into the night, let...

NASA Television will provide live coverage Tuesday, Sept. 10, as three of the crew members on the International Space Station return home, ending more than five months in space.

The Sunday Experiment is a free afternoon for children of all ages and their families to discover NASA Goddard's exciting missions on Sept. 15, 2013.

A NASA-led team of scientists has uncovered strong evidence that soot from a rapidly industrializing Europe caused the abrupt retreat of mountain glaciers in the European Alps that began in the 1860s, a period often thou...