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A robotic space plane is speeding in low Earth orbit at this very moment. Some say it's a weapon; others, a data-gathering mission. There's one fact most agree on as the plane hits 500 days in space: Its real purpose is ...

NASA is developing gigantic supersonic parachutes and inflatable "decelerators" that will slow the descent of heavy gear through the thin Martian atmosphere. See photos of NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator Projec...

As part of NASA's continuing effort to open low-Earth orbit to commercial space opportunities, the agency is seeking feedback on ways it can help create greater access to and use of the International Space Station for re...

Long-distance atmospheric connections between the North and South poles are linking weather and climate in distant parts of the globe, according to data from a NASA spacecraft.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: NASA has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to science and engineering communities for ideas for a mission to Jupiter's enigmatic moon Europa.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: Water filtration bottles, comfortable car seats and remote medical monitoring devices all have one thing in common -- they all have benefited from NASA technology.

Systems with close suns could result in more potentially habitable exomoons.

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched 24 years ago last week, and this newly released video is a birthday present of sorts — to us! Here you can fly into the Monkey Head Nebula (also known as NGC 2174), and this vide...

A cloud of gas headed for the heart of the Milky Way could provide insight into how black holes are supersized.

May is the best time of year to view Saturn — visible with the naked eye, and even better with a telescope.

Tuesday's "ring of fire" solar eclipse won't be visible to most people here on Earth, but Europe's Proba-2 satellite will aim to capture images of the event for the whole world to see.

It wasn’t so long ago that we found out there is an Earth-sized planet in a habitable zone of a star. But how many others are out there, and do we know if planets like this are truly habitable? (...)Read the rest of Wh...

Water filtration bottles, comfortable car seats and remote medical monitoring devices all have one thing in common -- they all have benefited from NASA technology....

A group of female scientists is responsible for completely changing the way humans understand the stars of the night sky.

Three years after a tornado devastated the Little Rock suburb of Vilonia, its residents again huddled in storm cellars as a powerful twister carved a of destruction through suburbs north of Little Rock, killing at least ...

A brown dwarf as cold as the North Pole has been hiding remarkably close to our solar system. Using NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers discovered the dim, "failed star" lu...

Welcome, come in to the 351st Carnival of Space! The carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers, who submit their best work each week for your benefit. I’m Susie Murph, part of the team...

On Wednesday night May 23-24 skywatchers across the U.S. and southern Canada may witness the birth of a brand new meteor shower. If predictions hold true, Earth will pass through multiple tendrils of dust and pebbly bits...

Water filtration bottles, comfortable car seats and remote medical monitoring devices all have one thing in common -- they all have benefited from NASA technology.

The U.S. State Department said it would deny requests to export defense hardware and services to Russia.

To Drill or not to Drill? That's the momentous question posed by the international team of scientists and engineers who commanded NASA's SUV sized Curiosity rover to reach out with her high tech robotic arm this weekend ...

During a July 1999 test flight, the X-38 descends under its steerable parachute.