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Humans have long dreamed of traveling to Mars, and several nations and private organizations are developing plans for crewed Mars missions in the coming decades. But a recent study looking at the risks for astronauts goi...

The ubiquitous presence of dark matter in the universe is today a central tenet in modern cosmology and astrophysics....

The 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera, built at DOE's Fermilab and mounted on the 4-meter Victor Blanco Telescope in Chile, delivers some of the most detailed images of celestial objects. While about a third of the camera...

Elon Musk insists that Mars is a "long-term insurance policy" for "the light of consciousness" in the face of climate change, extinction events, and our recklessness with technology.

With its very low gravity, interesting topographical features and great view of Earth, the moon could be an exciting place to live.

Google Inc. has given $1 million to the University of California's Lick Observatory in what astronomers hope is the first of many private gifts to support an invaluable teaching and research resource for the state.

Life on the moon would be very different for explorers than life on Earth. See how in this Space.com infographic.

SpaceX plans to convert a launch pad into a landing pad for the reusable rocket boosters it is developing to power its Falcon family of rockets.

In his new book Bell, who has sent probes to explore distant planets, tells how two craft carrying messages for extraterrestrials have journeyed farther from Earth than any other --

For all the similarities and dissimilarities between the two, there's one that often gets ignored -- their strategies for getting their stuff made. The post Commentary | Steve Jobs, Elon Musk and the Gigafactory Approach...

Seeming to form a question mark then a curlicue, a stream of superheated plasma erupted over a three hour period on Feb. 4, 2015. The fireworks were captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

Terry W. Virts ‏@AstroTerry Feb 8 Enormous shadows cast hundreds of miles from these clouds...

SpaceX's robotic Dragon capsule is on its way back to Earth after spending one month attached to the International Space Station, marking the start of a big day for the private spaceflight company.

NASA has to deal with the unexpected financial consequences of robotic missions that just keep going. Lee Billings reports. --

In this dreamy observation, staring down on Mars' south polar icecap, a European spacecraft has captured stunning ruddy swirls frozen in Martian ice, like cinnamon sprinkles and coffee mixing with the frothy milk atop a ...

Search engine giant Google Inc. said it invested $900 million in SpaceX "to support continued innovation in areas of space transport, reusability and satellite manufacturing." The post Google SpaceX Investment is $900 Mi...

ESA's last Automated Transfer Vehicle will leave the International Space Station on Saturday for its final solo voyage, setting course for a fiery demise that will mark the end of its mission and the programme.

A lot's going on over your head today. 1) The SpaceX Falcon 9 launch, postponed twice (once for a malfunctioning piece of Air Force tracking equipment and once due to weather) is scheduled for liftoff tonight at 23:05 UT...

More than 600 dead satellites, spent rocket stages and other debris re-entered Earth's atmosphere in 2014 -- more than 100,000 kilograms of mass that caused no reported casualties or sizable property damage, NASA has tol...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Goddard's Visitor Center will host this month's Sunday Experiment, about NASA's SDO mission, on Feb. 15.

Counting sunspots over time helps in knowing the activity of our star but the two indices used by scientists disagree on dates prior to 1885. Now an international team of researchers has tried to standardise the historic...

SpaceX plans to convert a launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, into a landing pad for the reusable rocket boosters it is developing to power its Falcon family of rockets. The post SpaceX Leases Florid...