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I've been hinting for some time about a secret project I've been working on, and the time has finally come to announce it: I'm writing and hosting an online astronomy video series! The series will air on the PBS Digital ...

There have been some cool visualizations showing the size of the nucleus of the target comet of ESA’s Rosetta mission – where the Philae lander will attempt to land on November 12. One shows the nucleus on the ground...

Robotic 3D printers could be the key to finally putting up a human settlement on the Moon, according to the European Space Agency.

What’s a comet that doesn’t look like a comet? The question sounds contradictory, but astronomers believe these objects exist. As comets pass through the solar system, they bleed ice and dust as the Sun’s effects w...

NASA Breaking News: In an effort to reduce costs and shed surplus property, NASA today signed a lease with Planetary Ventures, LLC to manage Moffett Federal Airfield (MFA), an agency facility located in Moffett Field, Ca...

It’s time for another series. This time we’ll be talking about famous female astronomers. Starting with: Vera Rubin, who first identified the fact that galaxies rotate too quickly to hold themselves together, anticip...

The Space Shuttle Endeavour pilot (STS-130 mission) talks about the differences between shuttle and space station missions with Space.com's @MiriKramer. Virts is part of the Expedition 42/43 crew launching to the Station...

Researchers studying what appears to be a beefed-up version of our solar system have discovered that it is encased in a halo of fine dust. The findings are based on infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and t...

Landing a probe on a comet whizzing through deep space isn't easy, but this week, the European Space Agency (ESA) will attempt to do just that. If successful, it will be the first time anyone has landed a probe on the su...

Susan Gordon, the director of the CIA's information operations center, will become the deputy director of the NGA.

The loan is notable for the fact that ViaSat-2 is being built by Boeing, and is scheduled for launch aboard a rocket built and operated by SpaceX.

Interruptions in the regular tick-tock of nature's clocks could be a sign that gravitational waves are passing through.

Lockheed Martin has delivered its third satellite in the U.S. Navy's next-generation mobile communications program to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

The other day, space station astronaut Reid Wiseman fell back to Earth riding a trail of fire as his Soyuz capsule rammed through the air. But shortly before he returned to the ground, he and his crewmates took some time...

In 1960, the astronomer Francis Drake pointed a radio telescope located in Green Bank, West Virginia, toward two Sun-like stars 11 light years away. His hope: to pick up a signal that would prove intelligent life might b...

Doesn’t this make you want to book a trip on the next spaceship? Stunning footage from space here shows what auroras look like from the International Space Station. So many ripples of green. Such awesomeness. (...)Read...

The movie is being called one of the most realistic science fiction films ever, thanks to its visual effects and story line. It came in second at the U.S. box office with $50 million in ticket sales. Astrophysicist Neil ...

This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Nicole Gugliucci at her Cosmoquest blog.

Check out that landing mark! A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three people touched down safely in remote Kazakhstan late Sunday (EDT) and went for a brief sleigh ride in the snow, as you can see from the drag marks on the lan...

To understand how deep fractures on the giant asteroid Vesta formed, scientists recreated violent cosmic impacts in a lab with a high-speed cannon.

Should we ever find ourselves facing a real-life "Interstellar" dilemma, NASA might be able to help. The space agency has several ongoing and planned missions to scan the cosmos for Earth-like worlds outside the solar sy...

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Patricia Haslach, and U.S. Ambassador to the African Union (AU) Reuben Brigety, met this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss resources available to hel...