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Researchers at Samsung have put forth a proposal for global Internet usage, which includes sending 4,600 low-cost microsatellites into space.

The upcoming addition of a private inflatable "room" to the International Space Station could help pave the way for colonies on the moon and Mars.

The infamous Mars Hoax that has circulated widely through the Internet since its first appearance in 2003 -- when it originated

When the magnetosphere shields Earth from these solar particles, they get funneled toward the polar regions of our atmosphere.

Black hole RGG 118's mass is 50,000 times that of the Sun and is 100 times less massive than the one found in the center of the milky way.

If the USS Enterprise from "Star Trek" raced the ship from "Battlestar Galactica" to the nearest star system, which would get there first?

Mars enthusiasts around the world can participate in NASA's journey to Mars by adding their names to a silicon microchip headed to the Red Planet aboard NASA's InSight Mars lander, scheduled to launch next year.

The mystery behind the origin of what may be Saturn's oddest ring and its two companion moons may finally be solved: They came from an ancient, catastrophic collision, researchers say.

In TWO stunning orbital photos, a thunderstorm over Mexico generated two huge, red sprites reaching into space.Ω

NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has selected five universities for cooperative agreement awards totaling $6 million to provide educator training and expand course offerings in science, t...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

An astrophotographer spotted a beautifully-formed solar prominence that looks like a giant version of the famous Parisian landmark.

These comets were not seen in abundance until the SOHO, STEREO, and SDO observatories were put into service. Most stem from the Kreutz family of comets, fragments of a large comet that broke up several hundred years ago.

I know I put up some photos of the Perseid meteor shower a couple of days ago, and again Monday. But c'mon. Look at this! It was taken by astrophotographer Brad Goldpaint (who has been featured on this blog many times) o...

New work from Carnegie's Alan Boss and Sandra Keiser provides surprising new details about the trigger that may have started the earliest phases of planet formation in our solar system. It is published by The Astrophysic...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

A very special week is about to begin for approximately 30 students from Aalborg University, in Denmark, as their satellite - AAUSAT5 - waits to be launched to the International Space Station....

"There are far-reaching implications for this discovery," said Tiago Campante, from the University of Birmingham's School of Physics and Astronomy, who led the research. "We now know that Earth-sized planets have formed ...

A remote galaxy shining with the light of more than 300 trillion suns was discovered this past May using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The galaxy is the most luminous galaxy found to date a...

SpaceNews.com - Daily news coverage of the business and politics of the global space industry. Satellite fleet operator Avanti Communications Group of London closed a combined debt and equity financing deal that netted $...

Astrophotographer Adam Woodworth took this image of an aurora from Norstead, a Viking village replica.

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: