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Carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere by human activities influences the amount of the sun's energy trapped by Earth's atmosphere....

Researchers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have discovered the first gamma-ray pulsar in a galaxy other than our own. The object sets a new record for the most luminous gamma-ray pulsar known....

Just after 1:18 AM EST (6:18 AM UTC) on Friday, Nov. 13 an object tagged as WT1190F reentered Earth's atmosphere as predicted above the Indian Ocean, just off the southern tip of Sri Lanka....

"The landscape was just at the verge of trying to silently explode with vibrant colors of red, gold and oranges," said photographer Brad Goldpaint as he described the autumn view during his hike to Deadfall Basin in Cali...

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Daniel Stern, Project Scientist on NuSTAR. Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Kimberly Cartier (@AstroKimCartier ) (......

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

USA Today's specialized camera rigs were able to capture this breathtaking footage during a recent airshow.

The U.S. Air Force awarded United Launch Alliance a $373 million contract modification to build two rockets for the National Reconnaissance Office as part of its $11 billion block buy from the service, according to a Nov...

The United States and Germany, backed by several large commercial satellite fleet operators, are fighting an uphill battle to persuade global governments to allocate Ku- or Ka-band satellite spectrum for the command and ...

Japan is planning to expand its fleet of reconnaissance satellites as part of an effort to improve the nation's monitoring of North Korea and the Chinese navy. The move comes as Japan strengthens its military ties with t...

Research provides first ever weather map of a planet outside our solar system

Global governments' approval of radio spectrum permitting aircraft to provide additional tracking data to satellites reduces the chance of another lost jet like Malaysian Airlines MH370 and immediately improves the busin...

One year since Philae made its historic landing on a comet, mission teams remain hopeful for renewed contact with the lander...

The mysterious space junk WT1190F fell from the sky this morning, and scientists had a flying, ringside seat as the object burned up in multicolored fireballs.

Water covers more than two-thirds of Earth's surface, but its exact origins are still something of a mystery. Scientists have long been uncertain whether water was present at the formation of the planet, or if it arrived...

Winds of over 2 km per second have been discovered flowing around planet outside of the Earth's solar system, new research has found....

5400 mph winds have been discovered hurtling around planet outside our solar system. New research provides first ever exo-planet weather map, with winds over 2 km per second observed flowing around the planet. The Univer...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

Planetary Society co-founder Louis Friedman argues the Red Planet will be humanity’s final destination, but our robots could reach the stars --

Researchers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have discovered the first gamma-ray pulsar, J0540, in a galaxy other than our own. The object sets a new record for the most luminous gamma-ray pulsar known. J0540...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Nobel Prize-winning head astronomer advised planetary scientists Nov. 9 to get started on proposals for focusing JWST's 6.5-meter mirror on objects most closer to home than its usual cosm...

This impressive false-colour image features the city of Qingdao and its surroundings, in China's eastern Shandong province....