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Scientists track sunspots that are part of active regions, which often produce large explosions on the sun such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections, or CMEs....

Astronauts floating weightlessly in the International Space Station may appear carefree, but years of research have shown that microgravity causes changes to the human body. Spaceflight also means exposure to more radiat...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: The 2014 spring eclipse season NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory began on Feb. 27, 2014.

On Jan. 21, astronomers spotted the closest supernova in recent decades flash to life in the galaxy M82, some 11.5 million light-years from Earth.

The March digest of upcoming space, astronomy and geophysics news events, from the RAS. Highlights this month include National Astronomy Week and the latest Soyuz mission to the International Space Station.   1-8 March:...

The Air Force's formal certification of Falcon 9 v1.1's maiden launch was announced Feb. 25.

Haney's testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee marked the third time in recent weeks that a senior U.S. military or intelligence official has publicly sounded the alarm about the threats U.S. national secur...

Satellite financing has become the fastest-growing sector at the U.S. Ex-Im Bank.

This space wallpaper is a view of the microquasar MQ1--a black hole in the galaxy M83--as it appeared to the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: With completion of a checkout of the relay radio on NASA's Mars-bound MAVEN spacecraft, all of the onboard payloads have now successfully passed initial in-flight check...

Host: Fraser Cain Astrojournalists: Morgan Rehnberg, David Dickinson, Elizabeth Howell, Jason Major, Casey Dreier, Mike Simmons (...)Read the rest of Weekly Space Hangout – February 28, 2014: Good NASA News and 715 Con...

New images from space reveal the storms that are bringing much needed rains to California. Though the storms will help, they won't make much of a dent in the historic drought.

“My dream to capture the beautiful Milky Way galaxy in Singapore has finally come true this morning after the monsoon season is over,” said noted astrophotographer Justin Ng, who lives in this island country in South...

This video of class 4 of Bruce Betts' Introduction to Planetary Science and Astronomy class discusses eclipses, Mercury, Venus, and a comparison of the atmospheres of Venus, Earth, and Mars.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: A swirling Eastern Pacific Ocean storm system headed for California was spotted by NOAA's GOES-West satellite on February 28.

Two astronauts prepare to leave Discovery's airlock for a spacewalk.

Today's post continues where we started last week with an update from the Mars Express Flight Control Team at ESOC on their preparations for the 19 October Comet Siding Springs flyby. Today: defining the challenge!

The nonprofit Mars Society has selected 62 semifinalists from a total of more than 200 applicants for its Mars Arctic 365 (MA365) mission, which aims to help prepare humanity for a real manned Red Planet mission down the...

The deployment of miniature satellites from the International Space Station continued Thursday....

Thales Group of France said its space division has booked an order with an unnamed African nation for an Earth observation satellite.

Whether it's surviving in the harshest environments on the planet or testing innovative technologies, there are no limits for Canada's Astronauts.

An eight-person expedition is testing out Astroskin, a wearable shirt with sensors embedded in it, during a challenging trip to Antarctica. The shirt, developed for the Canadian Space Agency, could be used on future spac...