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Oh, I do so love good medical science news: Rubella has been eliminated in the Americas (North, Central, and South). Oh, yeah. Rubella is also called German measles but is caused by an entirely different virus. In childr...

Oxygen is the third most common element in the universe, after hydrogen and helium, and in the 1970s astronomers predicted that molecular oxygen would be the third most common interstellar molecule, after molecular hydro...

SpaceX launched a major test Wednesday (May 5) of the innovative rocket escape system for its manned Dragon spaceships, a critical system designed to save astronauts in a launch emergency. See how the short test went.

Planetary Resources' Arkyd-3R probe currently sits aboard the International Space Station and is scheduled to be deployed into orbit sometime in July, representatives of the Washington-based asteroid-mining company have ...

Sunspot AR2339 unleashed an X2.7 solar flare on May 5th, 2015. A radio blackout alert was issued for areas over the Pacific Ocean by NASA/NOAA. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured the fireworks in multiple w...

NASA has been grabbing headlines recently with their potentially game-changing emDrive propulsion system. The emDrive has generated a lot of discussion, and a lot of controversy too. But NASA has a lot more going on than...

The United Arab Emirate's space agency might only be 10 months old, but it's already signed multiple agreements with established spacefaring nations and, earlier today, released this slick video -- along with some new de...

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden doubled down May 5 on his critique of a just-passed NASA authorization bill that seeks to shift hundreds of millions of dollars out of the agency's Earth Science program. The post Bolden...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

Scientists at space agencies across the world are using satellite images and other technologies to aid those affected by Nepal's earthquake.

Russia's doomed Progress 59 cargo ship is headed for a fiery fate in Earth's atmosphere on Thursday, but when and where it will fall is still uncertain. See the latest.

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics:

Imagery from NASA's Cassini mission has shown what was believed to be discrete jets or geysers erupting from the surface of Enceladus. A new investigation has revealed that the eruptions may be more widespread.

Harris' $23 Million space situational awareness contract is part of $133 million in classified business the company booked during the quarter. The post Harris Books Space Situational Awareness Contract appeared first on ...

The Ka-band broadband satellite's launch aboard a Russian Proton will not occur until early June due to a satellite hardware alert affecting Mexico's Centenario satellite. The post Launch of Inmarsat's 3rd Global Xpress ...

Most of the seemingly discrete geysers seen on the Saturn moon Enceladus until now may have just been optical illusions of much broader "curtain" eruptions, a new study reports.

Arizona State University School of Earth and Space Exploration News:

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

Physicist Amanda Peet will discuss how cosmic strings might explain nature’s densest objects --

Astronomer Alan Smale spends his days at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center exploring celestial objects, but he's also the author of Clash of Eagles, an alternate-history novel in which a Roman Legion... --

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft roared off its Florida launch pad May 6 in an abort system test the company deemed successful despite a minor problem with one of the spacecraft's thrusters. The post SpaceX Successfully Tests ...

Soaring on the power of an octet of SuperDrago engines, SpaceX successfully completed a critical rapid fire life-saving test of their Dragon crew capsules pad abort emergency escape system that would ignite in a split se...