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Technicians have deftly managed to successfully restore NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno probe back to full operation following an unexpected glitch that placed the ship into 'safe mode' during the speed boosting swing-by of Ea...

Last week’s Juno flyby of Earth was an exciting event. NASA’s Jupiter-bound mission buzzed our planet on Wednesday (Oct. 9) only 350 miles from the surface, providing amateur astronomers with an opportunity to snapsh...

This video was released today by SpaceX. The test took place on Monday, October 7th, where the SpaceX Grasshopper completed its highest leap to date, rising to 744m altitude. The view above is taken from a single camera ...

From glowing northern lights to the largest solar sail , don't miss these amazing space photos of the week for Oct. 12, 2013.

The California Space Enterprise Center (CSEC) has formed an alliance with Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) to offer discounted memberships with Green2Gold and Space Entrepreneurship. SEDS memb...

On 9 October 2013 at 5:31 pm PDT (10 Oct 00:31 UTC) NASA's LADEE spacecraft played back a recording of someone talking from lunar orbit. The person speaking was Mike Wargo, a NASA scientist who had died several months ea...

The explosive death of a star seeded matter into the solar system soon after its birth, analysis of a meteorite now reveals.

A California art gallery is paying tribute to the unique brand of nerdy friendship presented by TV's "The Big Bang Theory" in October and November.

The Juno spacecraft was launched on August 2011, and it's taking the long road to Jupiter. Weighing an impressive 3600 kilograms (8000 pounds) at launch, its Atlas V launch rocket couldn't fling it directly to the King o...

The space thriller film 'Gravity' may be fiction, but real disasters in space have occurred. From exploding fuel tanks to wolves, here's a look at the many threats that have endangered spacefarers.

Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson wants you to know that he really did like the movie "Gravity."