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NASA's new LADEE spacecraft successfully entered lunar orbit, is operating beautifully and has begun shooting its radical laser communications experiment despite having to accomplish a series of absolutely critical do-or...

A quick glance at a world precipitation map shows that most tropical rain falls in the Northern Hemisphere. The Palmyra Atoll, at 6 degrees north, gets 175 inches of rain a year, while an equal distance on the opposite s...

Time is a huge impediment when it comes to working together to halt the effects of climate change, new research suggests.

‏@AstroKarenN: Sun glint on the Gulf of Khambhat Larger image...

Some of the world's leading astronomers -- including Great Britain's astronomer royal, Sir Martin Rees -- believe aliens, rather than using different radio waves or visible light to signal, may be using an entirely diffe...

While there is, on average, only one supernova per galaxy per century, there is something on the order of 100 billion galaxies in the observable Universe. Taking 10 billion years for the age of the Universe (it's actuall...

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The Orionids are back, and if the moon doesn't obscure the view, sky watchers might catch a glimpse of the cosmic hail at its peak Sunday (Oct. 20). The online Slooh Space Camera will be airing a live 15-minute broadcast...

Is space really the final frontier, or are the greatest mysteries closer to home? In cosmology, dark matter is said to account for the majority of mass in the universe, however its presence is inferred by indirect effect...

Did you know that in 1726, a woman in Godalming, Surry, gave birth to rabbits? Yeah, I know. But this is a great story, and one I hadn't heard before. My friend and comedian Iszi Lawrence made it, and while watching it I...

Peru's air force has said it is reviving a department to research anomalous aerial phenomena--in other words, UFO sightings.