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(Phys.org) --NASA's Cassini spacecraft is providing scientists with key clues about Saturn's moon Titan, and in particular, its hydrocarbon lakes and seas.

Soar over Saturn's moon Titan to get a bird's-eye view of the moon's vast lakes of liquid hydrocarbons in this video made from imagery and data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, home to a probable buried ocean, just added another twist to its exotic cool. The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted possible plumes of water spraying from... --

There are only six of them: radon, helium, neon, krypton, xenon and the first molecules to be discovered in space - argon. They are all odorless, colorless, monatomic gases with very low chemical reactivity. So where did...

Saturn's moon Titan has the only known liquid lakes beyond planet Earth, and new data from the Cassini spacecraft's radar instrument provides an intriguing 3-D flyover of these hydrocarbon lakes and seas at the north pol...

An innovative solar observatory is adding a key piece to the puzzle of the enigma that is our Sun. Its two of key questions in heliophysics: why does our Sun have a corona? And why is the temperature of the corona actual...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: NASA's Cassini spacecraft is providing scientists with key clues about Saturn's moon Titan, and in particular, its hydrocarbon lakes and seas.

The malfunction of a vital cooling system on the International Space Station could delay plans to launch a privately built cargo ship on its first official delivery mission to the orbiting lab next week.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed water vapor above the frigid south polar region of Jupiter's moon Europa

"Organic materials, which are important building blocks for life, are often found in comets and primitive asteroids," said Jim Shirley, a research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "Finding the rocky residue...

Veteran NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio is hard at work on the International Space Station, but on Friday (Dec. 13), he will speak with SPACE.com about life in orbit and we want to hear your questions.

A modified version of the orange Advanced Crew Escape System (ACES) suits worn during launch and re-entry of Space Shuttle flights was tested at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center in H...

Phosphorous -- one of the essential elements for life -- has been discovered in the cosmic leftovers from a star explosion for the first time, scientists say.

NASA rushed Thursday to fix a breakdown in the cooling system at the International Space Station that may delay the launch next week of Orbital Sciences' first cargo mission.

ISS Mission Operations Integration Manager Kenny Todd explains what happened with the station's cooling loop on Dec 12, 2013 and the efforts to fix the problem. The ISS crew is not in danger but an Orbital Science's carg...

The malfunction of a vital cooling system on the International Space Station could delay plans to launch a privately built cargo ship on its first official delivery mission to the orbiting lab next week, NASA officials s...

2013 has been a rather exciting year for Europa scientists. Today's exciting news: the Hubble Space Telescope discovery of water vapor plumes from the south pole of this icy moon.

NASA scientists have revealed the inner workings of the ozone hole that forms annually over Antarctica and found that declining chlorine in the stratosphere has not yet caused a recovery of the ozone hole....

Using Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have seen evidence of a massive geyser of water erupting from the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa. This plume of water extends as high as 200 kilometers (125 miles) above th...

Astronaut Edward White II floats in the zero gravity of space.

Those who travel to space are rewarded with a beautiful sight - planet Earth. But the effects of space travel on the human sense of sight aren't so beautiful....

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered water vapour erupting from the frigid surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, in one or more localised plumes near its south pole.