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ISRO posted five photos from the momentous day of the Mars Orbiter Mission's shipment to Sriharikota.

Houston's space shuttle mockup is no longer nameless. The full-size replica is now space shuttle "Independence," its new name symbolizing the spirit of Texas.

While Sandra Bullock and George Clooney will be praised for their performances in "Gravity," some of the true stars of the new film don't have any lines at all.

A decade ago cosmologists began to suspect that the universe might be bizarrely lopsided. Hints of a universal imbalance emerged from the afterglow of the big bang, known as the cosmic microwave... --

Don't miss the many great space images from the week of Oct. 5, including a private spacecraft's first International Space Station arrival, the spectacular launch of a brand-new private rocket and Comet ISON as seen from...

The government shutdown could delay NASA's goals and cost taxpayers money, according to former astronaut Tom Jones.

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory: Engineers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) played a major role in the successful intercept of a ballistic missile target with the sec...

Haumea, the fifth body in the solar system to be classified as a dwarf planet, spins faster than any other known large body in the solar system.

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The shutdown of the federal government continues to claim casualties. Today, the Green Bank Telescope, Very Large Array, and Very Long Baseline Arrays all shut their doors, blinding us to the radio sky and scuttling long...