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Although DNA and RNA would not function in environments like that of Saturn's moon Titan, ethers could fulfill this key role.

A satellite sensor that can see in the dark is revealing new information for meteorologists, firefighters, search teams and researchers worldwide --

Martian auroras will never best the visual splendor of those we see on Earth, but have no doubt. The Red Planet still has what it takes to throw an auroral bash. Witness the latest news from NASA’s MAVEN atmospheric pr...

Lockheed Martin Space Systems, prime contractor on NASA's Orion deep-space crew capsule, is rigging a mockup of the seven-seat spacecraft with the wiring, avionics and flight software it will use for its first mission to...

Astronomers have long held that water--two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom--was a relative latecomer to the universe. They believed that any element heavier than helium had to have been formed in the cores of stars and...

The commercial space sector is vital in contributing to our space industrial base, but the demonstrated growth and capabilities come with the need to readdress the regulatory framework for this sector. The post Op-ed | R...

The clusters, marked in red in the video, are thought to harbor massive black holes or large amounts of dark matter. Locations of normal globular clusters (blue) and clusters that are similar to dwarf galaxies (green) ar...

"Cloudy for the morning, turning to clear with scorching heat in the afternoon."

Thanks for everyone’s help on the recent push with the Hubble CANDELS and GOODS images. I’m happy to say that we’ve just completed the full set, and are working hard on analysis of how the new depths change the mor...

Mamtani took the image in Borrego Springs, California during the weekend of April 17, 2015.

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The head of Europe's Arianespace launch consortium on May 12 said the company can beat competitor SpaceX in the open market with a euro/dollar exchange rate at today's levels and the planned 5-6 percent reduction in Aria...

NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has selected the University of New Mexico (UNM) for a cooperative agreement to manage the agency's Swarmathon challenge, an innovative swarm robotics comp...

Astronomers may have solved the decades-long cosmic murder mystery of what kills most galaxies in the universe: They are strangled to death . 'What kills galaxies is one of the most challenging questions in the past 20 y...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

NASA is planning to request proposals later this year for the dedicated launch of very small satellites, a move that has received widespread but not universal support among developers of small launch vehicles The post NA...

These stars may be both blessings and curses for life off Earth --

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The astronaut who commanded the second-to-last space shuttle mission placed second on "Celebrity Jeopardy!," finishing behind an NFL football player. "Jeopardy made flying a rocket look easy!" said Mark Kelly.

Small moons Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra - along with the big moon Charon - 'pulled up' out of the noise and star field by processing images from the NASA probe's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (April 25th-May 2nd, 20...

Any lover of the night sky knows the value of a good star atlas and an astronomical handbook to guide your exploration of the universe. And while it's true that more information exists out there than ever before online, ...

My friend Destin is the brains behind the fantastic Smarter Every Day video series, where he investigates cool science facts. They usually start with a question Destin has, and then he dives into it. So here's a good one...