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The world famous and hugely popular 'Yutu' rover entered its 3rd Lunar night time hibernation period this weekend as planned, but serious technical troubles persist Chinese space managers confirmed. "China’s lunar rove...

A NASA X-ray telescope has detected the longest jet in the Milky Way: a corkscrew-shaped trail of high-energy particles being ejected from a speeding pulsar.

This space wallpaper shows a model of the interstellar magnetic fields -- which would otherwise be straight -- warping around the outside of our heliosphere. The image is based on data from NASA's Interstellar Boundary E...

Images from a recent tour of the Tanegashima Space Center where JAXA plans to launch an H-IIA rocket carrying the GPM Core Observatory on Feb. 28, 2014.

The Global Precipitation Measurement Mission, a joint venture of NASA and JAXA, will produce next-generation global measurements of rainfall and snowfall from space.

Night sky photographer captures spectacular images from recent gathering of astrophotography friends on the shores of New Hampshire's Wallis Sands State Park.

Are you ready for some lunar versus planetary occultation action? One of the best events for 2014 occurs early this Wednesday morning on February 26th, when the waning crescent Moon -- sometimes referred to as a decresce...

The NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory will provide near real-time precipitation coverage around the globe. The data will be used to study climate change, natural hazards and freshwater res...

We keep saying this: the universe is more complex than it appears. Conventional thinking in galaxy research postulates that spiral galaxies have star-forming areas, while ellipticals do not due to a lack of gas. While th...

On Sept. 11, 2013, an asteroid hit the Moon. That happens all the time, but most of the cosmic debris is tiny, far too small to detect from the Earth. But this one was different. Roughly a meter across and moving at inte...

Voyager 2, arriving at Jupiter four months after Voyager 1, was actually launched 16 days before its mate.

Hey, all you astro-photographers/videographers out there: were you shooting the Moon back on September 11, 2013? You may want to review your footage and see if you captured a bright flash which occurred at about 20:07 GM...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: NASA officials will participate in a media briefing on Tuesday, Feb. 25 about the agency's use of Earth observation assets to help the state of California during the dr...

A boulder-sized space rock slammed into the lunar surface last year, sparking the brightest explosion on the moon ever seen, scientists say.

China's lunar rover Yutu entered its third planned dormancy on Saturday, with the mechanical control issues that might cripple the vehicle still unresolved.

NASA officials will participate in a media briefing at 9:30 a.m. PST Tuesday, Feb. 25 about the agency's work to use its Earth observation assets to help the state of California better manage its water resources and moni...

As the next step in advancing NASA's asteroid initiative, the agency will host an Opportunities Forum March 26 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Animated maps of the planets show the spheres in motion.

Astrobiologists supported by the NASA Astrobiology Institute have assessed the effects of impacts on the crust of the early Earth. The research could help determine whether or not evidence of such violent events in our p...

Sea Launch announced the resignation of Kjell Karlsen as president, saying he is leaving to pursue "other opportunities outside the space industry."

Sea Launch announced the resignation of Kjell Karlsen as president, saying he is leaving to pursue "other opportunities outside the space industry."

A space rock impacted the surface of the moon on September 11, 2013 with explosive force of 15 tons of tnt. It was estimated to be between 1.9 and 4 feet wide, 880 lbs (400kg) and traveling at ~38,000mph (61,000 km/h).