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The U.S. Air Force's rapid response military space office will ask the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory to design and build a satellite to bridge a potential gap in on-orbit space surveillance c...

The Event Horizon Telescope will give astronomers an extreme close-up when our galaxy's black hole lights up.

See what's up in the night sky for August 2014, including stargazing events and the moon's phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software.

Researchers have found that a "quantum vacuum plasma thruster" system, which requires no propellant, does indeed generate a small amount of thrust. If the technology pans out, it could greatly reduce the cost of spacefli...

Skywatching enthusiasts should be able to see many amazing celestial objects under a clear, dark summer sky.

Atlas V launch will add another GPS satellite to the orbiting constellation of navigational aids. Launch from Florida set for late at night.

People are generally social creatures, and in the case of planets that generally is the case as well. Many of these alien worlds we have discovered are in groups of two or more around their parent star or stars. A new st...

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station....

Starting over Bangkok and flying over Hanoi, the Hainan Islands, Hong Kong and more, these spectacular nighttime views of the major Asia cities were captured from the ISS. With the exception of Pyongong, most of North Ko...

NASA's MESSENGER mission flew over Mercury's north pole on June 8th, 2013 on its way around the planet at an altitude of 71-102 miles. The surface that can reach 800°F.

The mission of the "Interstellar" spaceship Endurance is clear -- space exploration -- at least based on its newly-revealed mission patch.

Today: Burning and Suppression of Solids (BASS)-II Operations: Flight Engineer (FE)-5 Wiseman conducted flame tests for the BASS-II investigation which examines the burning and extinction characteristics of a wide variet...

Most people know that the moon orbits the Earth once a month, but they typically have no visual confirmation of this motion. Over the next week, skywatchers have the chance to see moon's motion with their own eyes.

The United States Air Force will loft a new, advanced GPS satellite into orbit tonight (Aug. 1), and you can watch the launch live online.

The fifth and final mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), scheduled for launch on July 29, will deliver new research investigations to the International Space Station. The ATV-5 spa...

The 2014 Perseid meteor shower -- a usually spectacular celestial showcase -- might be washed out by the light of a nearly full moon rising at the same time as the shower's peak in August.

National Geographic Traveler just announced its winners for its 2014 photo contest. The shots are all very cool, but I can't argue with the No. 1 pick: a mesocyclone over Colorado, taken by photographer Marko Korosec: Ho...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has just crossed one stretch of rocks hazardous to its wheels and may soon reach rocks different from any it has examined so far.

ETL Systems said it is doubling the size of its U.K. headquarters and increasing staff by 25 percent.

NASA has awarded the Flight Dynamics Support Services (FDSS) II contract to Omitron, Inc. of Beltsville, Maryland.

NASA has awarded a modification to Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. (SGT) of Greenbelt, Maryland to continuing working the the Geophysics, Geodynamics and Space Geodesy (GGSG) Support Services contract.

NASA has awarded a contract extension to Lockheed Martin Corporation of Gaithersburg, Maryland, for the Facilities Development and Operations Contract (FDOC) at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.