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Curiosity is headed toward the dark Bagnold Dunes, which lie in the northwestern foothills of the towering Mount Sharp, and should begin investigating the sandy feature in the next few days, NASA officials said.

Dark matter is called "dark" for a good reason. Although they outnumber particles of regular matter by more than a factor of 10, particles of dark matter are elusive. Their existence is inferred by their gravitational in...

NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has selected four minority serving institutions for cooperative agreement awards totaling approximately $2 million to help strengthen science, technology,...

One of the first things every new moon watcher learns is that, when observing the moon, timing is everything. This week, it turns out, is the best time to see the moon in November. Here's how to see it.

How can Einstein's theories meld with the odd observations of the quantum world?

Dava Newman has settled into her job as a top advocate for NASA and its marquee Journey to Mars. Her protracted nomination process began with a phone call she thought was somebody's idea of a joke. SpaceNews.com

There are 450 light-years between Earth and LkCa15, a young star with a transition disk around it, a cosmic whirling dervish, a birthplace for planets. Despite the disk's considerable distance from Earth and its gaseous,...

The Large Binocular Telescope and Magellan Adaptive Optics System are giving astronomers a ring-side seat to watch a ring of material form into planets around a young star. Very hot hydrogen-alpha emissions, in excess of...

Scientists have photographed a gas-giant planet forming around a young, sunlike star called LkCa 15, which lies about 450 light-years from Earth.

Deke Slayton waited 16 years to fly in space after he was selected as one of the original Mercury astronauts in 1959. When he finally did get to fly, Slayton advised, "Decide what you want to do, and then never give up u...

There are 450 light-years between Earth and LkCa15, a young star with a transition disk around it, a cosmic whirling dervish, a birthplace for planets.

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What happens to your body in space? NASA's Human Research Program has been unfolding answers for over a decade. Space is a dangerous, unfriendly place. Isolated from family and friends, exposed to radiation that could in...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

It's been a while since I've written about Bobby Jindal. He's the governor of Louisiana, and until Tuesday was one of the countless people running for president under the GOP banner. He is not exactly a steely-eyed promo...

NASA announced today that MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is one of two university research groups nationwide that will receive a 6-foot, 290-pound humanoid robot to test and develop...

Just counting the number of galaxies in a patch of sky provides a way to test astronomers' theories of galaxy formation and evolution....

The most Earth-like planet could have been made uninhabitable by vast quantities of radiation, new research led by the University of Warwick research has found. The atmosphere of the planet, Kepler-438b, is thought to ha...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

Just counting the number of galaxies in a patch of sky provides a way to test astronomers' theories of galaxy formation and evolution. However, such a simple task becomes increasingly hard as astronomers attempt to count...

It's been known since the 1960's that eyesight changes in space. Current studies on the International Space Station are narrowing in on the exact mechanisms.

Wednesday's briefing begins with Paul Allen's Stratolaunch venture pausing to reevaluate market conditions and Russia moving military satellites over Syria. SpaceNews.com