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Interviews with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano shortly after his Soyuz landing

A NASA probe has revealed an unprecedented view of Saturn from space, showing the entire gas giant backlit by the sun with several of its moons and all but one of its rings, as Earth, Venus and Mars all appear as pinpric...

Comet ISON (C/2012 S1) was touted months ago by media as the possible comet of the century. Will it be that, or a cosmic dud? Find out the basics about the in this short video.

Earlier today, I posted an article about how -- and even if -- global warming is currently affecting the formation, development, and strength of tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons). My conclusion, based on what I...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Earth science education specialist Brian Campbell motivates teachers and students to be excited about NASA Earth science.

Carnegie Institution for Science: Washington, D.C.-- Reconstructing the rise of life during the period of Earth's history when it first evolved is challenging. Earth's oldest sedimentary rocks are not only rare, but also...

Tropical Depression 30W formed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean basin and crossed into the Northern Indian Ocean from Nov. 8 to Nov. 10. By Nov. 12, NASA satellite imagery saw the ex-tropical depression coming back toge...

NASA satellites provided data to meteorologists at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center who were updating forecasts for Tropical Storm Haiyan as it weakened from a typhoon and made a second landfall in northern Vietnam.

Tropical Cyclone 03A made landfall in Somalia and moved inland where it is dissipating over eastern Ethiopia today, Nov. 12. NASA's Aqua, Terra and TRMM satellites passed over the cyclone an captured images of 03A before...

Russian defense officials said Tuesday that two people were killed at the Plesetsk space launch facility last week.

This is one of a series of views that captured a missile launch from Earth as seen on Oct. 10, 2013 by the Expedition 37 crew aboard the International Space Station....

Several prospective buyers have visited Boeing's California plant to be briefed on ViaSat-2.

NASA has released a natural-color image of Saturn from space, the first in which Saturn, its moons and rings, and Earth, Venus and Mars, all are visible....

On July 19, 2013, the Cassini spacecraft was 1.2 million kilometers (750,000 miles) from Saturn, far enough that it was afforded a magnificent overview of the planet and its rings. Over a four-hour period it took a serie...

From the frigid northern edge of Sweden, videographer Chad Blakley has captured amazing footage this fall of the Northern Lights, which have been stimulated by a recent uptick in solar activity.

This summer, for the first time ever, the world was informed that its picture was going to be taken from nearly a billion miles away as the Cassini spacecraft captured images of Saturn in eclipse on July 19. On that day ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: NASA has released a natural-color image of Saturn from space, the first in which Saturn, its moons and rings, and Earth, Venus and Mars, all are visible.

For the denizen of the inner asteroid belt known as P/2013 P5, breaking up isn’t hard to do. At least that’s the favored explanation for why the spinning object, which has an... --

Two officers were killed Tuesday and three hospitalised with toxic burns suffered during a chemical spill at Russia's Plesetsk military launch pad, the defence ministry said.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: When the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission launches in November to study why the Red Planet is losing its atmosphere, one of its instruments will look to electrically char...

NASA has rescheduled its Asteroid Synthesis Workshop, a public forum to examine and synthesize 96 of the ideas submitted to a Request for Information (RFI) about the agency's asteroid initiative. The workshop will be hel...

NASA has released a natural color image of Saturn from space, the first in which Saturn, its moons and rings, and Earth, Venus and Mars, all are visible.13-331