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As it turns out, Elon Musk really was serious about nuking Mars, taking to an event in New York to clarify his plans, which would essentially involve nuking the atmosphere above the poles on Mars to heat up the planet, m...

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly captured this photo on Oct. 2, 2015, from the International Space Station....

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NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren operates the controls for the space station's robotic arm, Canadarm2....

For centuries cartographers were fond of depicting monsters along the edges of their maps. Now, researchers have depicted a monstrous galaxy near the edge of the charted Universe with unprecedented detail using the Ataca...

No extant technology exists to protect a traveler from the potentially deadly doses of radiation on Mars --

No real-life technology exists to protect a traveler from the potentially deadly doses of radiation on Mars --

From the discovery of water on Mars to stunning reader images of the Supermoon eclipse, don't miss these amazing space images.

The stars are not as they seem. The nearest one is tens of trillions of kilometers away, a distance so terrible that the might and power of Alpha Centauri is reduced to a faint spark that can be washed away by the lights...

Hurricane Joaquin, a Category 4 storm that is currently battering the central Bahamas, appears to be replacing its eye, according to weather forecasters.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) celebrated an incredible milestone today, Oct. 2, with the successful launch of the firms 100th mission on an Atlas V rocket carrying Mexico's next generation Morelos-3 satellite to provide a...

The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 8:13 p.m. EDT on Oct. 1, 2015....