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Computer simulations suggest that filaments of invisible dark matter form long "hairs" when they go through planets such as Earth.

An astonishing number of faint low surface brightness dwarf galaxies recently discovered in the Fornax cluster of galaxies may help to solve the long-standing cosmological mystery of "The Missing Satellites". The discove...

Three of the co-founders of suborbital spaceplane developer XCOR Aerospace, including the company's former chief executive, are leaving the company for other pursuits, the company announced Nov. 23. SpaceNews.com

Mars is blanketed by a thin, mostly carbon dioxide atmosphere--one that is far too thin to prevent large amounts of water on the surface of the planet from subliming or evaporating. But many researchers have suggested th...

This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Joe Latrell at his Photos To Space blog.

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden about former NASA mathematician and physicist Katherine Johnson being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Tuesday.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

Commercial space company Blue Origin achieved a huge milestone by successfully launching their New Shepard rocket to suborbital space and landing it dead center on the target - and upright - back at their proving grounds...

No other agency or company had previously successfully landed a reusable rocket --

An astonishing number of faint low surface brightness dwarf galaxies recently discovered in the Fornax cluster of galaxies may help to solve the long-standing cosmological mystery of "The Missing Satellites". Computer si...

NASA Television will broadcast an event marking the arrival of a full-size test version of the service module provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) for NASA's Orion spacecraft at 12:30 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 30 a...

Mars' largest moon, Phobos, is slowly falling toward the planet, but rather than smash into the surface, it likely will be shredded and the pieces strewn about the planet in a ring like the rings encircling Saturn, Jupit...

Jeff Bezos's rocket company Blue Origin just surprised everyone by revealing their New Shepard* rocket reached an incredible milestone yesterday: In a test run, the rocket took off vertically, reached space, then landed ...

The achievement caught the eye of SpaceX founder Elon Musk, who reminded Blue Origin that their rockets don't go as high or fast as his company's rockets.

On the centennial of the theory of general relativity, senior Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln reflects on Einstein's quest to understand the quantum world --

The private space firm founded by Internet entrepreneur Jeff Bezos claimed a breakthrough for its space travel efforts Tuesday with the launch of a reusable rocket.

New legislation and interest from a number of private ventures could lead to extraction of valuable minerals from asteroids—and sooner than you might think --

The Schiaparelli basin on Mars, named for an Italian astronomer, is surrounded by many impact craters and several of them intersect the northwester rim of the feature.

A collision between the Red Planet and its innermost moon, Phobos, could create a Saturn-like field of debris --

When the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission of GPM core satellite analyzed Tropical Storm In-fa, data showed the storm had become better organized over the previous 24 hours. After GPM, NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satell...

Blue Origin, the private space company founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, successfully launched and landed a reusable suborbital rocket. See the video and images here.

NASA commercial partner Orbital ATK is targeting Thursday, Dec. 3, for the launch of its fourth contracted mission to the International Space Station under the agency's Commercial Resupply Services contract. NASA Televis...