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NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) project has completed the longest duration test for a Space propulsion system (48,000 hours/5 1/2 years). This look inside the thrusters discharge chamber shows how it works.

Gemini Observatory : Resources En Español - Versión adaptada en Chile Figure 1: GPI departs for the almost 6000 mile (9700 km) from the labs at the University of California Santa Cruz, where the instrument spent the pa...

A recent article in the NY Times Sunday Magazine highlights how the pernicious myth of NASA as wasteful spending perpetuates through our culture.

Was there rainfall on Mars? Recent work mapping valley networks suggests there probably was -- but only for about 200 million years. What does this mean for life, and the Curiosity mission?

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: As Special Assistant to the Flight Projects Directorate, Val Lunz uses momentum as motivation.

NASA Breaking News: NASA has selected Jacobs Technology, Inc., of Tullahoma, Tenn., to provide core support services at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., in the areas of institutional and research operation...

Move over Comet ISON. You’ve got company. Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy, discoverer of three previous comets, including the famous, long-tailed sungrazer C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy), just added a 4th to his tally...

How do supermassive black holes form, and what role do they play in shaping galaxies and galaxy clusters? On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 19:00 UTC (12:00 p.m. PDT, 3:00 pm EDT) the Kavli Foundation is hosting a live...

It’s a case of mistaken identity: a near-Earth asteroid with a peculiar orbit turns out not to be an asteroid at all, but a comet… and not some Sun-dried burnt-out briquette either but an actual active comet containi...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: DSCOVR, NOAA's upcoming Deep Space Climate Observatory, a satellite designed to monitor and warn of harmful solar activity that could impact Earth is on track to launch by early 2015.

The fiery surface of the sun is seen in brilliant detail in images recently sent to SPACE.com by astrophotographer Paolo Porcellana. See how Porcellana safely captured the amazing solar photos here.

Using a powerful X-ray telescope, astronomers won a round of hide-and-seek with 10 supermassive black holes.

We have another great giveaway lined up for all of our loyal readers. This one is quite cool. The Australian Amateur Astronomy group, “Ice in Space” created a contest for their members to submit their best astro phot...

At the Explorers Club, two of the world's first space tourists traded stories about their astronaut toilet training with the Russians, or lack of it. See how private space travelers Richard Garriott and Dennis Tito compa...

The dazzling pink spiral of the Pinwheel Galaxy shines in this stunning new image by space photographer John Chumack. See how Chumack observed the Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as M33 or the Triangulum Galaxy.

Science@NASA: Sometimes, Earth mimics a supernova, producing a Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flash from the tops of thunderstorms. A new lightning sensor on the International Space Station could solve the mystery of these energe...

One big challenge in astronomy is everything is so darn far away. This makes it hard to see the signs of life in planets, which are usually but tiny dots of light using the telescope technology we have today. There are s...

After living in space aboard the International Space Station for months, two cosmonauts and an astronaut will land back on Earth today (Sept. 10) and you can watch their return live online.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: In this photo, Ed Shade, an Engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. is putting final touches on thermal blankets in a vacuum chamber called the Space Environme...

Prominent patches of wind-blown dust, possibly mixed with volcanic ash, radiate from Becquerel crater and into a neighboring crater, as seen in this spectacular space wallpaper.

Listen to or watch the recording of our live celebration for LADEE as the spacecraft blasted off for the moon.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Hot and extremely dry conditions combined with shifting winds and low humidity continue to plague firefighter efforts at the Rim Fire in California. To date over 254,000 acres have bee...