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Astronomers at the 29th International Astronomical Union General Assembly will announce on August 14 the discovery of a new transiting "circumbinary" planet, bringing the number of such known planets into double digits. ...

By studying how plants react to life in space, we can learn more about how they adapt to environmental changes.

Video caption: Take a tour of weird Ceres! Visit a 2-mile-deep crater and a 4-mile-tall mountain in the video narrated by mission director Marc Rayman. Get your red/blue glasses ready for the finale – a global view of ...

On Earth, bursts of particles spewed by the Sun spark shimmering auroras, like the Northern Lights, that briefly dance at our planet's poles. But, on Jupiter, there's an auroral glow all the time, and new observations sh...

NASA's Curiosity rover celebrated the 3-year anniversary of its landing on Mars recently. Since landing, Curiosity has driven nearly seven miles to its current location at Mount Sharp, and found evidence of past conditio...

From an incredible photo of the moon crossing Earth's face to a new view of the dwarf planet Cere's mysterious bright spots, don't miss these amazing space images.

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station....

If you ever want to travel truly "above and beyond" then you'll be interested in a new interactive flight exhibition - one that just launched on a multi-city tour to major science centers and air-and-space museums worldw...

The Lagoon Nebula is a vast, 100-light-year-wide star factory. It's a huge cloud of gas and dust, and inside of it stars are born out of that material. It's very active, and has been for a long time; embedded in it is a ...

Typhoon Soudelor photographed from the International Space Station on Aug. 5, 2015 while the storm was traveling in the western Pacific....

Skygazers at northern latitudes are familiar with the W-shaped star pattern of Cassiopeia the Queen. This circumpolar constellation is visible year-round near the North Star. Tucked next to one leg of the W lies a modest...