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Space enthusiasts have an opportunity to contribute to NASA's exploration goals through the next round of the agency's CubeSat Launch Initiative. Applicants must submit their proposals electronically by 4:30 p.m. EST, No...

Brace yourselves: winter is coming. And by winter I mean the slow heat-death of the Universe, and by brace yourselves I mean don’t get concerned very much at all because the process will take a very, very, very long ti...

The resulting radar images, which researchers combined into an asteroid flyby video, show that the asteroid, known as 1999 JD6, is a "contact binary" consisting of two lobes joined together.

Fresh food grown in the microgravity environment of space officially is on the menu for the first time for NASA astronauts on the International Space Station....

The slow death of the universe was revealed in 21 wavelengths, as scientists map the energy of a nearby region of space.

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SpaceNews.com - Daily news coverage of the business and politics of the global space industry. Orbcomm said it could lose several of its 17 second-generation satellites without a big impact on operations beyond a slight ...

A study of 200,000 galaxies has revealed that the Universe generates about half as much energy as it did 2 billion years ago. The Galaxy and Mass Assembly catalogue is accurately depicted in this visualization.

Hydroponic farming is one small step toward self-sustaining space habitats --

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A team of astronomers including a San Francisco State University researcher has discovered a new planet orbiting a pair of stars, the 10th "circumbinary" planet discovered by NASA's Kepler Mission and a milestone for the...

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SpaceVR launched a Kickstarter campaign today (Aug. 10) to help get its high-definition 3D camera, known as "Overview One," to the International Space Station.

Students, members of the public and attendees at the Challenger Center's International Conference will speak with Expedition 44 crew members aboard the International Space Station at 9 a.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 13.

For the first time (at least officially), NASA astronauts on board the International Space Station have tasted the product, or produce, of their work. They chomped on the lettuce freshly harvested from the Veggie growth ...

Astronauts living at the International Space Station took their first bites of space-grown lettuce on Monday, in what scientists described as another step toward enabling human missions to Mars.

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The venerable 'old faithful of meteor showers' is on tap for this week, as the August Perseids gear up for their yearly performance. Observers are already reporting enhanced rates from this past weekend, and the next few...

This stunning image of the Millky Way was taken over Mt. Manaslu in the Himalayas. Mumbai-based amateur astrophotographer, Kuntal A. Joisher, took this image in fall of 2014 during a trek on the mountain.

An unusual kind of observatory is opening a new lens to the universe.

The Milky Way arcs above a spotlight-illuminated house in a beautiful new space photograph by 'astro-paparazzi' David Martin of Virginia. See how he made the photo here.