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The Hubble Space Telescope reveals that the planet's trademark feature is still shrinking but not as fast as previously observed --

China's rocket manufacturer is designing a rocket that would be exported to skirt the ban on U.S. satellite technology exports to China. SpaceNews.com

The sun has sprung a leak: A hole in the topmost layer of the sun and its magnetic field, the size of 50 Earths, is letting loose an ultrafast solar wind that has kicked off several nights of auroras down on Earth.

Every time the Curiosity rover takes a 'selfie' on Mars, we get the same questions: "How was this picture taken?" "Why isn't the rover's arm or the camera visible in this picture?" "In all of Curiosity's selfies, the cam...

Testing is crucial part of NASA's success on Earth and in space. So, as the actual flight components of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope come together, engineers are testing the non-flight equipment to ensure that tests...

The sea ice cover of the Southern Ocean reached its yearly maximum extent on Oct. 6....

University of Maryland astronomers Silvia Protopapa and Douglas Hamilton are among the authors of the first published paper from the New Horizons flyby, which appears in the Oct. 16, 2015 issue of the journal Science. Pr...

According to a SpaceWorks study published in 2014, over 2000 nano/micro-satellites under 50 kg will need to be launched by 2020. Several of the companies interested in fulfilling that need presented their ideas at the In...

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Comet Siding Spring's close shave by Mars last year provided a rare glimpse into how Oort Cloud comets behave, according to new research.

"We've been following a trail of clues on Enceladus for 10 years now," said Bonnie Buratti, a Cassini science team member and icy moons expert at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. "The amoun...

University of Maryland astronomers Silvia Protopapa and Douglas Hamilton are among the authors of the first published paper from the New Horizons flyby, which appears in the Oct. 16, 2015, issue of the journal Science......

A giant mound near the Moon's south pole appears to be a volcanic structure unlike any other found on the lunar surface, according to new research....

Exotic particles such as dark matter could allow the formation of tunnels that cut through space-time. These so-called wormholes could be used to travel not only across the universe but also through time.

If you thought Saturn’s moon Enceladus couldn’t get any more bizzare — with its magnificent plumes, crazy tiger-stripe-like fissures and global subsurface salty ocean — think again. New images of this moon’s no...

Asteroid 2015 TB145 will approach Earth within 0.0032 au (1.3 Lunar distances) on 31 October 2015. Very high resolution radar imagery is possible....

A giant mound near the Moon's south pole appears to be a volcanic structure unlike any other found on the lunar surface, according to new research by Brown University geologists.

The term "space fog" refers not to water droplets blocking the view in space - there's no water out there - but rather a phenomenon affecting the mental abilities of astronauts. Those who have spent time aboard the Inter...

The next week or two Uranus, Mercury, Jupiter and Mars are making notable appearances in the night sky --

Embattled planet hunter resigns -- NASA buys 3 dedicated cubesat launches --SpaceShipTwo bounces back to rubber -- Northrop reorg SpaceNews.com

NASA's Kepler space telescope has detected something weird orbiting a nearby star -- is it evidence of an alien civilization? Or is it just a clump of comets?