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NASA satellite imagery has captured the enormity of the first snowstorm of 2014.

From astronauts wishing Earth a happy New Year from space to jaw-dropping views of Saturn, don't miss these amazing space images of the week for Jan. 4, 2014.

The commercial spaceflight company Orbital Sciences has delayed the launch if its first delivery mission to the International Space Station next week by at least one or two days due to expected frigid temperatures.

Over the weekend I was in Denver to do a talking head gig for an upcoming science documentary (I'll have more on that when it's closer to airing). After we finished for the day I went outside to load up my car, and I do ...

Civilian Flight in 1914 was still a new business, riding hard on the heels of the latest innovations by inventors and tinkerers --

Video from YouTube User Pam Bergmann The popular jazz tune "Stars Fell on Alabama" was inspired in part by the Leonid meteor shower in November of 1833, sometimes referred to as "the night the stars fell." But the centra...

We have made some updates to the labels that you may encounter on Talk. You may might noticed that sometimes below the light curve on its Talk page, there was black text below such as ‘Kepler favorite’ or ‘known ec...

One of the biggest questions in science is how life arose from the chemical soup that existed on early Earth. One theory is that RNA, a close relative of DNA, was the first genetic molecule to arise around 4 billion...

NASA's planetary-science decisions are having negative and long-lasting impacts on the nation and its research workforce.

From shapeshifting auroras to a stunning solar prominence, don't miss these spectacular night sky photos by stargazers and SPACE.com readers.

Jupiter will reign as king of the night sky on Sunday (Jan. 5), visible all night long as it reaches opposition. Here's how to see it.

The 223rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) begins Sunday (Jan. 5) and runs through Friday (Jan. 9). Conference organizers are expecting more than 3,000 astronomers to attend.

If you're feeling particularly chummy with the Sun today, like you two seem really close for some reason, then you may be right: Today at 12:00 UTC (07:00 EST) the Earth is at perihelion, the point in its orbit when it's...

Today, Jan. 3, marks the 10th anniversary since the safe landing of NASA's renowned Spirit rover on the plains of Mars on Jan. 3, 2004. Spirit comprises one half of NASA's now legendary pair of Mars Exploration Rovers (M...

Ten years ago today (Jan. 3), NASA dropped the first of two rovers onto the surface of Mars, kicking off a wildly successful mission that continues to beam home data about the Red Planet and its wetter, warmer past.

The online Slooh Space Camera will webcast live views of the annual Quadrantid meteor shower on Friday (Jan. 3), Earth's closest approach to the sun of the year on Saturday (Jan. 4) and Earth's passage between the sun an...

See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in SPACE.com's gallery of cosmic images posted in December 2013.