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The extensive valley networks on the surface of Mars were probably created by running water billions of years ago, but the source of that water is unknown. Now, a team of Penn State and NASA researchers is using climate ...

Astrophotographer Matt Smith captured this image of the Milky Way near Batesville in South Texas on May 25. See how he captured the photo here.

Uhura flies again: Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols had the chance last month to ride aboard NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, a telescope-bearing Boeing 747 airplane.

The company expects to complete its final report on the June 28 failure within a month, but does not yet have a firm timetable for resuming flights.

Arizona State University School of Earth and Space Exploration News:

Students participated in a digital learning network at Kennedy Space Center with NASA scientists, astronauts and cast members from the film "The Martian."

When he became NASA administrator in July 2009, some doubted Bolden would stick around Washington very long. More than six years later, he's still on the job. SpaceNews.com

RD-180 waiver rejected -- NASA's Mars roadmap panned -- a SpaceX-XCOR merger of sorts -- Falcon 9 failure investigation winding down SpaceNews.com

The Council of the Royal Astronomical Society notes that a senior astronomer at the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) has admitted to unacceptable behaviour involving women in his field over a number of years. T...

Until recently the goal of humans at Mars has felt as distant as ever. But things are changing. SpaceNews.com

Range Generation Next LLC of Sterling, Virginia, is awarded an $8.5 million contract modification for launch and test range support. SpaceNews.com

The propulsion system is powered by a fuel that is more efficient and environmentally friendly than the hydrazine propellants typically used on spacecraft. SpaceNews.com

In 2012, researchers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Paranal, Chile - the world's most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory, discovered a quasar known as SDSS J1106+1939 with ...

Space Science Image of the Week: ESA's BepiColombo, a mission to explore planet Mercury, seen in a different light

The United Launch Alliance merger has failed to generate any of its promised benefits or economies. It is time to use DoD's inherent national security authority along with the commission's market authority to order a div...

Researchers transformed flickering in the light emissions of galactic nuclei, black holes, superdense white dwarfs and other objects into sound waves. The result? A lot of white noise.

Just as the moon's gravitational pull causes seas and lakes to rise and fall as tides on Earth, the Earth exerts tidal forces on the moon. Scientists have known this for a while, but now they've found that Earth's pull a...

The 66th International Astronautical Congress gets underway in Jerusalem. SpaceNews.com

All stars, from young proto-stars to supermassive black holes flicker. That flickering light can be translated into audio waves. Simone Scaringi created sound files that mimics what star accretion might sound like.

On the night of Oct. 8, 2015, a photographer in Harstad, Norway captured this image of the dancing northern lights. Auroras are created when fast-moving, magnetic solar material strikes Earth's magnetic bubble, the magne...

This planetary nebula is called PK 329-02.2 and is located in the constellation of Norma in the southern sky. It is also sometimes referred to as Menzel 2, or Mz 2, named after the astronomer Donald Menzel who discovered...

NASA and The Aerospace Corporation of El Segundo, California, have received confirmation the Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) CubeSat spacecraft is in orbit and operational. OCSD launched aboard an ...