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Discovered on 5 September 1784 by astronomer William Herschel, the Veil Nebula was once a star. Now it is a twisted mass of shock waves that appears six times larger than the full Moon in the sky.

ESA Top News: Rosetta looks on as Philae tackles landing on a comet...

Rosetta looks on as Philae tackles landing on a comet...

Elsewhen is a story about star-crossed young lovers, a love story for science fiction fans. Conceived when author/actor Gary Bullock was working at a radio astronomy site, Elsewhen follows the path of Elijah ('Lije') and...

From earthbound optical telescopes, the surface of Venus is shrouded beneath thick clouds made mostly of carbon dioxide....

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity climbed last month to an overlook for surveying "Marathon Valley," a science destination chosen because spectrometer observations from orbit indicate exposures of clay minerals.

The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 5:22 pm EST on March 7, 2015. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of r...

From earthbound optical telescopes, the surface of Venus is shrouded beneath thick clouds made mostly of carbon dioxide. To penetrate this veil, probes like NASA's Magellan spacecraft use radar to reveal remarkable featu...

At their meeting last week at the SKA Organisation Headquarters near Manchester, UK, the SKA Board of Directors unanimously agreed to move the world's largest radio telescope forward to its final pre-construction phase. ...

A congressional ban on the use of Russian engines to launch U.S. national security payloads will hamstring United Launch Alliance, in competitions for military business starting as early as this year, the U.S. Air Force ...

NASA veteran Dan Rasky was on loan to SpaceX when he witnessed first hand just how quickly SpaceX can make a decision when the company's chief executive and founder Elon Musk is at the table. The post SpaceX Leaves Seari...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, an M9.2-class, peaking at 5:22 pm EST on March 7, 2015.

Even though the International Space Station appears likely to remain in use well into the next decade, some in the space industry are pressing NASA to start developing a strategy for what comes after the ISS, an approach...

NASA Breaking News: NASA will host a teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday, March 12, to discuss Hubble Space Telescope's observations of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon. These results will help scientists in the se...

The principal beneficiaries of the government program have been France's two main satellite prime contractors, Airbus Defence and Space, and Thales Alenia Space. The post CNES Gives All-Electric Satellite Research a $30 ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station will attempt to grow the fibrous plaque (amyloids) that are the root cause of the brain disease.

NASA will host a teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday, March 12, to discuss Hubble Space Telescope's observations of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon. These results will help scientists in the search for habitable w...

A new Rice University-led survey of one of the most active star-forming regions in the galactic neighborhood is helping astronomers better understand the processes that may have contributed to the formation of the sun 4....

"Solar flares represent the most violent eruptions in the Solar System," said Vladimir Airapetian, senior astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and a research professor at George Mason and Capella Universi...

Air was pumped out of the International Space Station's air lock for the first time in the name of science last week. Inside the cylindrical Quest airlock, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and NASA's Terry Virts moni...

ESA Human Spaceflight and Exploration: The International Space Station's air lock was pumped free of air for the first time in the name of science last week. Inside the cylindrical Quest airlock, ESA astronaut Samantha C...

ESA Top News: All the elements for this month's Galileo launch are coming together at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. As the two satellites undergo final testing and preparations, the first part of their Soyuz launc...