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American astronaut Scott Kelly has launched a geography quiz on Twitter and will post a picture from the International Space Station each week so fans can guess his location.

The Canadian government budget issued April 21 includes a commitment to increase Canada's spending on satellite telecommunications at the European Space Agency and to continue as a partner in the international space stat...

Astronomers have found evidence of a giant void that could be the largest known structure in the universe. The "supervoid" solves a controversial cosmic puzzle: it explains the origin of a large and anomalously cold regi...

When the Hubble Space Telescope was launched back in April 1990 the World Wide Web was just months old and iPads only existed on Star Trek.

Mariette DiChristina, Scientific American's Editor in Chief, has a special place in her heart for the Hubble Space Telescope --

Eric Stallmer believes the new wave of commercial space ventures is different from his first go-round in the 1990s, citing the greater technological capabilities of the companies in the field, as well as a surge of outsi...

Scientists measured the spectrum of visible light reflected off the exoplanet 51 Pegasi b, which lies about 50 light-years from Earth. Back in 1995, 51 Pegasi b became the first alien world ever found around a sunlike st...

With its antenna now spinning at full speed, NASA's new Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory has successfully re-tested its science instruments and generated its first global maps, a key step to beginning rout...

A House military space oversight panel recommends the U.S. Air Force go "back to the drawing board" on its next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellite program. The post Proposed Bill Language Puts Brakes on Weather ...

Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino, veteran of two space shuttle missions to Hubble, recalls how he saved the telescope he loves --

As the search continues for Earth-size planets orbiting at just the right distance from their star, a region termed the habitable zone, the number of potentially life-supporting planets grows. In two decades we have prog...

Join Universe Today in celebrating the 45th anniversary of Apollo 13 with insights from NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill as we discuss various turning points in the mission. Within minutes of the accident during the Apollo 1...

The telescope’s chief scientist started work on the project in 1972, garnering support for the world's first telescope free of Earth's atmosphere's blurring effects --

The tent is up! This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Pamela Hoffman at the Everyday Spacer blog.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

Happy Earth Day! Earth Day is good time to think about the beauty of our home planet and reflect on our stewardship of environmental resources like air and water. Sometimes, though, our planet can be a bit unpredictable....

The Lyrid meteor shower peaks overnight tonight (April 22). The Slooh Community Observatory is airing a free Lyrids webcast at 8 p.m. EDT tonight (0000 GMT on April 23), and you can watch it live here on Space.com.

Michael Soluri tells Space.com of his intimate access to NASA's Hubble Servicing Mission 4's crew and instruments. His new book 'Infinite Worlds' is available on Amazon.

Hubble, it's your turn to smile for the cameras!

Where over the world is NASA astronaut Scott Kelly? Kelly, who is working and living aboard the International Space Station on a one-year mission, wants to test your knowledge of the world with a geography trivia game on...

American Astronomical Society:

As the famous telescope turns 25, scientists who have worked on the project chose their favorite pictures --