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Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Engineers in the Rosetta control room on watch for Philae signals

The invisible dark matter particles that dominate the universe may come in strange and varied forms --

Methane, a potential sign of primitive life, has been found in meteorites from Mars, adding weight to the idea that life could live off methane on the Red Planet, researchers say.

NOEMA (Northern Extended Millimeter Array), the most powerful millimetre radio telescope of the Northern Hemisphere, has unveiled its first astronomical image: a unique and spectacular view of a previously unknown region...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is less than one month away from its flyby of Pluto and in great shape for what promises to be a truly epic encounter with the dwarf planet.

Three days of GOES-East satellite imagery has been compiled to show the progress of the storm over the Gulf of Mexico from June 14th-16th, 2015. It makes landfall on the Texas coast on June 16th.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is at Pluto's doorstep, following an incredible journey of nine years and 3 billion miles.

Are black holes the ruthless killers we've made them out to be?

The U.S. Defense Department, the White House and Congress should consider giving civilians, rather than military personnel, responsibility for preventing collisions in space. The post Strategic Command Envisions Civil Sp...

Are black holes the ruthless killers we've made them out to be?

Using clouds of glitter to reflect light could be a way of reducing the mass of telescopes that rockets need to heft into orbit, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory suggests.

Are you ready for New Horizons’ flyby of Pluto? The science and engineering team reports they are ready for action, with the spacecraft on track and all systems functioning, with closest approach on July 14, 2015. To g...

NASA and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) have launched a global photography competition to highlight how the vantage point of space helps us better understand our home planet, improve lives, an...

A dead NASA satellite plunged out of space today and burned up in the Earth's atmosphere over the South Indian Ocean. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite fell from fell from orbit at 2:54 a.m. EDT (0654 GMT...

NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have signed agreements to work together to reduce aircraft noise and advance research into rotorcraft, two projects that extend years of vital cooperation between the two agenci...

NASA, UN Photo Competition Highlights Why Space Matters on Earth

An international team of researchers has discovered traces of methane in Martian meteorites, a possible clue in the search for life on the Red Planet.

Replay of discussion at the Paris Air Show on the European Data Relay System and its future services and business opportunities

Replay of media briefing at the Paris Air Show on the first results from the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle

The inaugural episode of the SpaceGeeks podcast features Mike Gold of Bigelow Aerospace and baseball games on an active Russian nuclear missile base. The post SpaceGeeks, Episode 0: The Onest Bat in All of Yasny appeared...

New Horizons is a month away from making its closest approach to the Pluto system. The National Space Society released this short video to to help get your fired up for the flyby. The post VIDEO | New Horizon is 4 Weeks ...

Just over a week after the House stiffed the program entirely, Senate appropriators proposed less than half the funding requested in 2016 for the next generation of U.S. polar-orbiting weather satellites. The post Senate...