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A strange set of 48 galaxies in the Coma Cluster has very few stars, revealing that these galaxies are especially rich in dark matter. The galaxies may have been robbed of much of their star-forming gas early in their fo...

A Feb. 18 briefing at Johnson Space Center previewed a series of U.S. spacewalks to prepare the International Space Station for new docking ports that will allow future crews launched from Florida, on U.S. commercial spa...

For the first time, astronomers have caught a fast radio burst as it was happening and just might be zeroing in on the origins of these energetic events.

Two NASA astronauts successfully completed a 6 hour spacewalk that helped prepare the International Space Station for the arrival of private space taxis. The astronauts are scheduled to compete two additional spacewalks ...

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

During a manned mission to Mars, NASA Astronaut Mark Watney, played by Matt Damon, is presumed dead after a fierce sand storm and left stranded by his crew behind by his crew. But Watney, a biology genius and mechanical ...

NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of the snow-covered eastern U.S. that looks like the states have been sitting in a freezer....

Two US astronauts began a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk Saturday to route cables outside the International Space Station, after a spacesuit equipment failure briefly delayed the mission.

A faint star with an even fainter companion came close enough some 70,000 years ago to perturb distant comets in our solar system --

Two NASA astronauts will perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (Feb. 21). People on Earth can watch the spacewalk live online.

See photos from astronaut Terry Virts on a mission at the International Space Station.

See photos from astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti's on a mission at the International Space Station.

Welcome, come in to the 393rd Carnival of Space! The carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers, who submit their best work each week for your benefit. I’m Susie Murph, part of the team...

A new "Alien" movie appears to be in the works, according to press reports. "District 9" director Neill Blomkamp announced the new movie by posting a photo of the alien on Instagram. "Um... So I think it's officially my ...