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From a stunning time-lapse video showing observatories atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii, to an image of the International Space Station crossing a crescent moon, don't miss these stunning night sky photos by stargazers and SPACE.c...

We live in the future. As proof, I present two new services: UrtheCast, and Skybox. Both are cameras in space pointed down at Earth that provide high-resolution nearly-lie views -- including video -- of our fair planet...

A Proton rocket fired away from the snow-covered Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, completing a series of maneuvers before deploying a Russian civil communications satellite in orbit nine hours later.

As night fell on the Earth's Moon, China's Yutu rover and mothership lander have both entered a state of hibernation to survive the frigidly harsh lunar night. Yutu went to sleep at 5:23 a.m. Dec. 26, Beijing Time upon a...

From extrasolar planets to extraterrestrial neutrinos, these scientific findings have made sure that 2013 has been an unforgettable year.

NASA's Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, the next-generation spacecraft that could be used for future manned missions to Mars, is less than a year away from its debut test launch in 2014.

Iapetus is a moon of extreme contrasts. The light and dark features give the moon a distinctive "yin and yang" appearance....

A NASA observatory that will make the most precise, highest-resolution and most complete, space-based measurements of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere to date has marked a key milestone in preparation for its planned...

Customers eager to watch live, high-definition images of Earth may have to wait a bit longer. Two Russian spacewalkers were unable to get two UrtheCast cameras to function despite spending eight hours and seven minutes o...

A new map of the universe's earliest moments shows its fiery start and suggests an icy ending.

See 100 amazing photos the night sky from the year 2013 in this spectacular collection of images submitted to SPACE.com by amateur astronomers and skywatchers. Which is your favorite view?

Two Russian cosmonauts installed new HD camera eyes on the International Space Station during a record-setting spacewalk Friday (Dec. 27), only to have to return the devices inside due to an unspecified data glitch.

NASA's planetary science program depends on regular missions to solar system bodies to gather data. A combination of budget cuts and previous commitments to develop missions currently in the pipeline means that developme...