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Concentrated laser light in the universe may singal the presence of a technological civilizations that might be living on distant planets. "Think about humanity 300 hundred years from now," said Geoffrey Marcy this past ...

The United Nations has activated a constellation of satellites to help relief operations in the typhoon-ravaged Philippines, an official said on Thursday.

Our week through the lens: 11-15 November 2013

Researchers from Bern have developed a method to simplify the search for Earth-like planets: By using new theoretical models they rule out the possibility of Earth-like conditions, and therefore life, on certain planets ...

OTTAWA, CANADA – A small Canadian community seems an unlikely spot for an artist now working with Mars One (those people plotting a one-way trip to Mars) and asteroid mining concept company Deep Space Industries. But t...

Headlamps on the ground on the Milky Way shine in a new photo taken by a stargazer. Colorado-based freelance photographer Jeff Warner recently sent SPACE.com two beautiful images featuring the Milky Way over Loveland Pas...

Another really awesome week with everything from some some meta-science journalism stories to the wonders of rocks ants, crocodiles, dead satellites and Carl Sagan. Yep. [More] --

It took NASA weeks of processing to ready the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft for launch to the red planet, but this timelapse condenses that into less than 3 minutes.

NASA's next Mars probe is ready and cleared for launch to the Red Planet. NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution probe (MAVEN for short) is set to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Cana...

The MAVEN spacecraft is the latest NASA probe designed to help piece together a complete picture of The Red Planet's past....

Lockheed Martin has announced 4,000 job cuts and closure of some of its facilities in austerity measures.

Somewhere on Earth, there's always a lightning flash. The globe experiences lightning some 50 times a second, yet the details of what initiates this common occurrence and what effects it has on the atmosphere - lightning...

Traditionally, it was assumed that corals do not face a risk of extinction unless they become very rare or have a very restricted range. A team of scientists from the University of Hawaii - Manoa (UHM), Joint Institute f...

The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee approved legislation that recommends allowing U.S. firms to sell higher-resolution satellite imagery on the open market.

Host: Fraser Cain Guests: Jason Major & David Dickinson Jason Major on: Awesome New Image from Cassini Mars Was Earthlike Millions of Years Ago David Dickinson on: Comet R1 LoveJoy at its brightest Leonid Meteors this we...

Did you know you can sometimes see Earth’s shadow right here on Earth? This beautiful panorama by John Chumack is a perfect example of this phenomenon, known as the “Belt of Venus.” This beautiful pinkish glow is c...

Instruments on the Curiosity Mars rover not only measure the chemistry of rocks, elemental abundances of soils and wind speeds, but also take an incredible number of images from both mast-mounted cameras and up-close ima...

A planetary scientist has identified the largest-known solid object in the Solar System that could float in a bathtub. The rock-and-ice body, which circles well outside the orbits of the planets, is... --

Instruments on the Curiosity Mars rover not only measure the chemistry of rocks, elemental abundances of soils and wind speeds, but also take an incredible number of images from both mast-mounted cameras and up-close ima...

The European Commission will offer "free, full and open" access to the Earth observation satellites providing data for the commission's Copernicus program starting in December.

The Dasht-e Lut salt desert in southeast Iran is captured in this stunning space wallpaper. The desert is often called the 'hottest place on Earth' as satellites measured record surface temperatures there for several yea...

U.S. officials previously said crews would need 14 months to complete the project once work resumes, which leaves little margin given that MUOS is planned to be fully operational by 2015.