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Europa, Jupiter’s sixth-closest moon, has long been a source of fascination and wonder for astronomers. Not only is it unique amongst its Jovian peers for having a smooth, ice-covered surface, but it is believed that w...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: Jim Watzin has been named the new director for NASA's Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

See stunning photos of the night sky and sun as seen by stargazers around the world in this Space.com photo gallery for October 2014 made up of images sent in by Space.com readers.

A stunning new picture of Saturn's clouds shows swirls of mixing material, like cream whirling through coffee.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: Scientists have produced a new version of what is perhaps NASA's best view of Jupiter's ice-covered moon, Europa.

Scientists have produced a new version of what is perhaps NASA's best view of Jupiter's ice-covered moon, Europa....

After the failure of an Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket caused as much as $20 million in damage to a state-owned launch pad, Virginia's two U.S. senators said they may seek federal funds to cover repair costs.

The U.S. Defense Department's expanding network of international partners in space surveillance will have indirect access to data from the Pentagon's next-generation Space Fence tracking system.

A NASA astronaut about to fly to the International Space Station on a Russian spaceship hopes his next space mission will start in a seat aboard a commercial spacecraft.

Find the perfect holiday gift or stocking stuffer with this collection of fun and educational gift ideas that both kids and parents will love.

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) (...)Read the rest of Weekly Space Hangout – Nov. 21, 2014 (213 wor...

Last week saw the successful landing of the Philae space probe on the surface of Comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This is a huge achievement for the European Space Agency and for the many scientists and engineers who wo...

Europe's first-ever "space plane" will be launched on February 11 next year, rocket firm Arianespace said Friday after a three-month delay to fine-tune the mission flight plan.

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

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: In March of 2015, an unprecedented NASA mission will launch to study a process so mysterious that no one has ever directly measured it in action. Watch the video to get a sneak preview...

This image from Sentinel-1A's radar on 11 July shows Tokyo Bay in Japan. Tokyo's centre lies mainly south of the Arakawa River. Other visible rivers on this image are the Edo River to its north and the Tama River just...

Betelgeuse is one of the most massive known stars, almost the size of the orbit of Jupiter, surrounded by a nebula, which is much bigger than the supergiant itself, stretching 60 billion kilometres away from the star's s...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: The large snowfall in the leeward side of the Great Lakes on Nov. 19 and 20 was seen by NOAA's GOES-East satellite.

The morning sky will play host to a spectacular gathering of solar system objects grouped closely together tomorrow (Nov. 22), but it won't be easy for observers on Earth to see it.

The company expects to find jobs for approximately 300 others who had been involved in the new rocket's design.

The U.S. government has alerted the European Union that any preferential treatment the EU gives to Galileo will likely violate WTO agreements signed by the United States and the 28-nation EU.

Here's a collection of space gifts for the stargazer in your life, whether he or she is an amateur astronomer or full-blown space nerd (like us).