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Scientists have spotted a kind of young birthplace for stars in telescope observations for the first time. The newborn star-forming clump in deep space is a giant cloud of gas that may have given birth to dozens of stars...

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The Cornell University institute searching for signs of life among the billions and billions of stars in the sky is being named for--who else?--Carl Sagan.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency plans to extend its contract with Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems for ballistic missile radars through 2021 and might order more AN/TPY-2 radars. The post MDA Extends Raytheon's Sole-s...

Is dark matter the "operating system" of the Universe? Tom Broadhurst, an Ikerbasque researcher at the UPV/EHU's Department of Theoretical Physics, thinks it is. He has participated alongside scientists of the National T...

Like galactic storm chasers, University of Arizona astronomers are leading an effort to discover how clouds and weather systems change over time on other worlds. Using simultaneous observations from the two space telesco...

Like galactic storm chasers, University of Arizona astronomers are leading an effort to discover how clouds and weather systems change over time on other worlds. Using simultaneous observations from the two space telesco...

Russia's failed Progress 59 cargo spacecraft fell back to Earth, SpaceX's Dragon crew capsule launched on its first big test and the sun fired off its most powerful flare of 2015 so far. Here's a look at Space.com's top ...

If you go outside after sunset and look to the southwest right now, you'll see Venus low in the sky. And above it, not too far away, is another bright object: Jupiter, the mightiest planet in the solar system. It's very ...