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NASA scientists have created a new recipe that captures key flavors of the brownish-orange atmosphere around Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

Astrophysicists are casting doubt on what just recently was deemed a breakthrough in confirming how the universe was born: the observation of gravitational waves that apparently rippled through space right after the Big ...

Concentrated laser light in the universe may singal the presence of a technological civilizations that might be living on distant planets. "Think about humanity 300 hundred years from now," said Geoffrey Marcy this past ...

I'm proud of my pals Greg and Mitch from AsapSCIENCE for making this video. I just wish they didn't have to make it; we still have a long way to go. But I'm glad we have a lot of really good people leading the way forwar...

From "The Beast" asteroid to a "World Cup" in space, don't miss these amazing space images of the week for June 14, 2014.

From a spooky "Honey" moon to the Milky Way over New Zealand, don't miss these amazing objects to watch in the night sky.

If the icy surface of Pluto's giant moon Charon is cracked, analysis of the fractures could reveal if its interior was warm, perhaps warm enough to have maintained a subterranean ocean of liquid water, according to a new...

In the run-up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament, which kicked off Thursday (June 12), Brazil spent billions to build and spruce up soccer stadiums. European spacecraft snapped rare views of this mammoth construction ...

This week, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission was discussed during a prelaunch briefing at NASA headquarters....

Just a reminder for those of you in the Chicago area: I’ll be speaking Monday July 16th, 6 PM, at the Harold Washington Library Center. --

We now know of a potentially habitable planet five times the size of Earth that has existed for more than twice as long.

Where volcanoes meet glaciers, lakes often form. This happens in many places on Earth and in at least one place off it: Arsia Mons, Mars.

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If the icy surface of Pluto's giant moon Charon is cracked, analysis of the fractures could reveal if its interior was warm, perhaps warm enough to have maintained a subterranean ocean of liquid water, according to a new...

It has been one year since the launch of the "The Astronaut Wives Club," and Lily Koppel is back in orbit.

Lily Koppel is a best-selling author and journalist. She first hit the bestseller's list with "The Red Leather Diary," and her newest book, "The Astronaut Wives Club" (Grand Central Publishing, 2014 in paperback), is als...

NASA's Ames Research Center News and Features: The Microgravity Science Glovebox gets an upgrade to enable new research capabilities and safer testing aboard the International Space Station.