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Curious lines running down slopes on the Martian surface may be streaks of super-salty brine, said the latest findings Monday in the scientific quest for extra-terrestrial liquid water, a prerequisite for life.

Scientists have found liquid water on Mars -- does it mean life can exist there, too?

"The Martian" gets astronauts right, suggests AstroCritic and former ISS commander Leroy Chiao.

The characteristic "rubber duck" shape of the comet carrying a European robot probe through space was the result of a low-velocity impact billions of years ago between two objects which fused, a study said Monday.

The first Indian astronomy satellite Astrosat was launched on 28th September, 2015, by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from Sriharikota, on a PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket. Astrosat has unpre...

When a star with a mass of roughly ten solar masses finishes its life, it does so in a spectacular explosion known as a supernova, leaving behind as remnant "ash" a neutron star. Neutron stars have masses of one-to-sever...

Briny water flows during the summer months on Mars, raising the possibility that the planet long thought to be arid could support life today, scientists analyzing data from a NASA spacecraft said on Monday. SpaceNews.com

Virgin Galactic announced Sept. 28 that it has made "significant progress" on the engines that it will use on its LauncherOne small satellite launch vehicle, two weeks after the company said it was increasing the vehicle...

The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 10:58 a.m. EDT on Sept. 28, 2015. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts ...

Some of the best supermoon photos come from the darkest skies.

New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars. Using an imaging spectrometer on MRO, researchers detected signatu...

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the next launch and docking of an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft, Progress 61, to resupply the International Space Station Thursday, Oct. 1. NASA TV coverage will begin a...

Renee Wynn took the helm Monday in leading the agency's information technology efforts and capabilities as NASA's new chief information officer (CIO).

Crackling with flares for several days, Sunspot AR2422, blew off its strongest to date on Sept. 28th, 2015. The M7-scale event "ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere," according to Spaceweather.com.

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ASTROSAT aims to study star-birth regions and high-energy processes, including binary star systems of neutron stars and black holes --

Recurring dark lines on slopes - seen for more than a decade in photos by Mars orbiting spacecraft - can now be positively attributed to mineral salts precipitating from liquid water.

Scientists have found what they think is evidence of extant, if brief, flowing water on Mars. In a NASA press conference on Monday, scientists claimed that images and spectra taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's Hi...

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found evidence that flowing water causes suspicious dark streaks on the Red Planet --

"Under certain circumstances, liquid water has been found on Mars" - Jim Green, NASA Planetary Science Director via Twitter

PSLV lofts India's 1st astronomy satellite + 4 for Spire -- ILS cuts Proton prices -- NASA plans for a shutdown just in case SpaceNews.com

New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars....