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Two of the European Space Agency's (ESA) orbiting observatories captured spectacular views of the gas pillars in the Eagle Nebula (M16) that were the subject of the iconic 1995 Hubble images dubbed "Pillars of Creation,"...

Devising a way to one day land astronauts on Mars is a complex problem and NASA scientists think something as simple as a child's toy design may help solve the problem. Safely landing a large spacecraft on the Red planet...

This astronaut photograph highlights the northern approach to Mount Everest from Tibet. Known as the northeast ridge route, climbers travel along the East Rongbuk Glacier (image lower left) to camp at the base of Changts...

The Edrengiyn Nuruu forms a transition zone between the Mongolian steppes to the north and the arid deserts of northern China to the south....

Just a quick note to let you know that tonight marks the point where the Earth is closest to the Sun all year: perihelion. The moment this happens is at 06:36 UTC Jan. 4, 2015. That translates to 01:36 Eastern US time, o...

Jay Trimble, a member of the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center, discusses Open Source Mission Control for the Chrome Browser as part of the Google Talks series....

The private space travel company Virgin Galactic is more committed than ever to its commercial spaceliner business as it recovers from a tragic SpaceShipTwo crash that killed one test pilot and injured another last year,...

Streaks of red light paint the New Year's Eve night sky in this gorgeous image from photographer Miguel Claro.

This photo was taken by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station on 22 August 2014. It shows sun glint on the Babai and Ghaghara rivers in Nepal during Monsoon flooding....

The 2015 Quadrantid meteor shower peaks tonight (Jan. 3), but the bright moonlight may outshine these dazzling 'shooting stars.' Here is how to see the annual Quadrantids.

Seriously, are you kidding me with this photograph of the comet Lovejoy? It was taken by Gerald Rhemann on Dec. 23, 2014, in Namibia (a photo he took the night before was featured in my earlier post about how to see the ...