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Europe's Rosetta probe has just beamed back some new, incredible photos of its target, the first since it arrived at its comet earlier today (Aug. 6).

Is the theory at the heart of modern cosmology deeply flawed? --

The full-length trailer for the Hawking biopic, which is called "The Theory of Everything," came out today (Aug. 6). The 2.5-minute trailer shows that the film will focus heavily on the relationship between Stephen Hawki...

Turning what seemed like a science fiction tale into reality, an unmanned probe swung alongside a comet on Wednesday after a 4-billion mile (6.4-billion kilometer) chase through outer space over the course of a decade.

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has spotted a star system that could have left behind a "zombie star" after an unusually weak supernova explosion.

International Launch Services expects to assemble a review board next month to assess a Russian investigation into the May failure of a Russian Proton rocket.

More than two decades of Hubble observations have produced more than 25 terabytes of data. Thanks to the wealth of information stored in the Hubble data archive, astronomers can easily revisit old images in an effort to ...

"We're at the comet! Yes," exclaimed Rosetta Spacecraft Operations Manager Sylvain Lodiot, confirming the spacecraft's historic arrival at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko during a live webcast this morning, Aug. 6, from ...

Like a large jet airplane, Reaction Engines' SKYLON will place a Personnel and Logistics Module in its payload bay, capable of carrying 8 astronauts and their gear to Low Earth Orbiting stations, factories, hotels or oth...

Reaction Engines, a private UK company, is developing the SABRE air-breathing rocket engine, which, it claims, can power an airplane-like vehicle named SKYLON to perform varied space missions for private industry, scienc...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: After a decade-long journey chasing its target, the European Space Agency's Rosetta, carrying three NASA instruments, became the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a c...

Who says science and love (and science and the arts) don’t go together? A new movie set to premiere in November 2014 will feature the life story of physicist Stephen Hawking and focuses on his relationship with Jane Wi...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: At times, the sun erupts, hurling a magnetic superheated cloud of gas toward Earth. This summer an intern has been among the first to see these eruptions.

Don’t you love it when close-up pictures come beaming to your computer from another planet? Below are some of the latest images from Mars taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on the Mars Reconnaissan...

If you're a fan of the "Face on Mars," then you might just have a new best friend. A new photo from Europe's Rosetta spacecraft has captured what appears to be a face on a comet in deep space, even if it's only a fun opt...

The most powerful supernovas in the universe may not always kill an exploding star, but instead leave behind a remnant 'zombie star,' astronomers say.

HubbleSite NewsCenter -- Latest News Releases: Get larger image formats Supernovae are the most powerful stellar explosions in the universe. Some of them are produced by the detonation of a white dwarf, the stripped-down...

Replay of press conference after Rosetta's arrival at comet 67P/C-G. Includes presentation of latest images and the science to come

A team of technicians, engineers, sailors and divers just wrapped up a successful week of testing and preparing for various scenarios that could play out when NASA's new Orion spacecraft splashes into the Pacific Ocean f...

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has spotted a star system that could have left behind a "zombie star" after an unusually weak supernova explosion.

Looking ahead to an exciting future, NASA is continuing to invest in concepts that may one day revolutionize how we live and work in space with the selection of five technology proposals for continued study under the NAS...

Economic sanctions against the Russian government will not disrupt the flow of Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines to UnLA.