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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: Scientists working with data from NASA's Cassini mission have developed a new way to understand the atmospheres of exoplanets using Saturn's smoggy moon Titan as a stan...

A toothbrush used by one of the American astronauts who flew to the Moon is being auctioned off at a starting bid of $4,000, a Los Angeles auction house said Tuesday.

Beautifully detailed portolan charts present historians with a puzzle: How were they made? A mathematical analysis offers some clues.

Based on the findings of an independent review panel, NASA has taken stock of its fleet of orbiting astrophysics telescopes and decided which to save and which to shutter.

(Phys.org) --Heat from a volcano erupting beneath an immense glacier would have created large lakes of liquid water on Mars in the relatively recent past. And where there's water, there is also the possibility of life. A...

The official trailer for the movie, hitting theaters in June 2013, kicks off with an interrogation of man, who has heard the mysterious 'Signal'.

The first ever Camelopardalids Meteor Shower ended up being more of a drizzle than a shower, said astrophotographer John Chumack. “The new shower had very few meteors per hour, I estimated about 8 to 12 per hour, most ...

The "torus model" may be woefully inadequate when explaining what is actually going on.

Astronomy is a discipline pursued at a distance. And yet, actually measuring that last word -- distance -- can be incredibly tricky, even if we set our sights as nearby as the Moon. But now astronomers from the Universit...

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI, may becoming more mainstream, as evidenced by this week's House Science and Technology Committee hearing.

The Planetary Strongly supports NASA's asteroid initiative, including the goal of redirecting an asteroid to the vicinity of the Moon. But an independent cost estimate is needed, and needed soon.

What’s your favorite satellite? For me it’s the space station. Not only is it the brightest spacecraft in the sky, but it’s regularly visible from so many places. It’s also unique. Most satellites are either spen...

In a thrilling demonstration of space robotics, today the Dextre “hand” replaced a malfunctioning camera on the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. And the Canadian Space Agency gleefully tweeted every step of the way...

A laboratory experiment at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., simulating the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan suggests complex organic chemistry that could eventually lead to the building blocks of life...

So what does an agency like NASA do after making a daring new type of landing with the Mars Curiosity rover? Try to make it even better for next time. NASA is readying a new technology for landing on the Red Planet that ...

This amazing composite view of the total lunar eclipse of April 15 shows the stages of the moon sight as viewed over the Capitol Building in Austin, Texas. Skywatcher Mark Ezell created this composite view. See how he di...

When the Apollo 11 astronauts splashed down in the Pacific they were immediately whisked off into quarantine, spending three weeks in a rather unglamorous steel shell for fear that they'd contracted lethal space-plagues....

Leaving aside the complications of space treaties, a new video lays out another case for why you wouldn’t want to purchase property on Triton — at least, if you were buying for the ultra-long term, over millions of y...

Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Prime and backup astronauts for this week's launch to International Space Station

ESA Top News: Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Prime and backup astronauts for this week's launch to International Space Station

The bright, green glow of a springtime comet shines in this amazing photo captured by an stargazer using the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter in Arizona. See how amateur astronomer Adam Block did it here.

Today: Half Duty Day: Today was a shortened work day for Commander (CDR) Swanson. This is in compensation for his working last weekend in preparation for SpX-3 departure....