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Small, serpentine robots could help Mars rovers collect soil samples from crevices beneath rocks and other hard-to-reach places, and they could pull their wheeled siblings to safety if the bigger vehicles get bogged down...

Comet ISON and Comet Siding Spring will buzz Mars over the course of the next year, prompting excitement and some concern that cometary particles could hit the spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet and exploring its surface...

The sun's insides churn much more quickly than previously thought, a new study shows, a finding expected to improve predictions of solar storms. Plasma flows are more complex and penetrate less deeply than scientists had...

The sun's magnetic field drives changes on its surface and beyond.

British researchers say they've found extraterrestrial life, and they've got the microscopic pictures to prove it. During a recent meteor shower, the scientists sent a balloon up into the stratosphere 16 miles above the ...

Although 2013 was expected to be a year of "Solar Maximum" activity, the Sun has gone disquietingly quiet. It's not a topic for worry, but it has solar scientists scratching their heads.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: Data from NASA's Curiosity rover has revealed the Martian environment lacks methane.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory: A collection of thousands of galaxies about 320 million light years from Earth.

As the possible 'comet of the century' approaches its date with the Sun (Nov. 28th, 2013), the chances of its break-up will increase exponentially. The comet is not on a trajectory to hit the Earth. What will happen to p...

The Curiosity rover, is, by general consensus, pretty cool. The peripatetic planetary explorer, aka the Mars Science Laboratory, not only experienced one of the most dramatic and famous landings of all time when it arriv...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has revealed no trace of methane, a potential sign of primitive life, on the Martian surface, despite past observations of the gas by spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet and from Earth, researc...

There's an astronomical tall tale from the Middle Ages that seems to get recycled as factual every time a "great" comet rolls around. This week, we thought we'd look at a story that just won't die, as well as a new twist...

Data from NASA's Curiosity rover has revealed the Martian environment lacks methane. This is a surprise to researchers because previous data reported by U.S. and international scientists indicated positive detections.

If you’re interested to see how warm your neighborhood will look like at 2090, here’s a chance. There’s new data available that has monthly climate projections for the continental United States at the size of a nei...

The two Apollo 13 crew members walk through the events of their upcoming EVA.

In this month’s Scientific American article “ Gravitational-Wave Detectors Get Ready to Hunt for the Big Bang ,” Ross Andersen writes about an audacious plan to use exquisitely... --

The glittering specks in this cool space wallpaper, resembling a distant flock of flying birds, are the stars that make up the dwarf galaxy ESO 540-31.

Members of the public, industry professionals and academics have descended upon Houson for the third annual 100-Year Starship symposium, which will discuss what the world needs to do to make interstellar travel a reality...

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy just landed back on Earth last week after spending more than five months aboard the International Space Station. SPACE.com will have a chance to chat with Cassidy on Thursday (Sept. 19) after...

ESA Top News: With the launch of ESA's Swarm trio set for 14 November, the first satellite has arrived safely at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. This new mission will unravel one of the most mysterious aspects of our ...

ESA Top News: The new interactive NetCaster app for smartphones and tablets enabled competitors in this year's Fastnet yacht race to transmit live video, images and interviews from the heart of the action directly to fan...

On sol 3425 Opportunity "waded ashore" at Solander Point after crossing a sea of sand between here and Cape York. Cape York was an "island" remnant of the rim of Endeavour crater that Opportunity left back in May. Since ...