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If all goes according to plan, Falcon 9's first and second stages will separate two minutes and 24 seconds after lifting off, begin its boost back burn about a minute-and-a-half later and finally land -- or attempt to la...

Using new images that show unprecedented detail, scientists have found that material rotating around a very young protostar probably has dragged in and twisted magnetic fields from the larger area surrounding the star. T...

NASA Breaking News:

The image, which was taken on Aug. 18 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft from a distance of 85,000 miles (137,000 kilometers), dramatically shows that some parts of Enceladus' surface are much younger than others.

A NASA team moved a step closer to building a completely 3-D printed, high-performance rocket engine by manufacturing complex engine parts and test firing them together with cryogenic liquid hydrogen and oxygen to produc...

DJI has launched its first official flagship store in Shenzhen, China.

Two astronauts took a surprise spacewalk outside the International Space Station this morning (Dec. 21) to unstick a vital piece of equipment and lock it into place before a resupply spacecraft arrives.

SpaceX announced that the Dec. 19 launch date for the Falcon 9 rocket has been delayed for a later date due to inclement weather conditions.

More than a decade ago, NASA's Mars Global Surveyor returned stunning images of gullies shaped like water-carved streams on Earth, raising the prospect that Mars may be a friendly haven for life. But appearances can be d...

Using new images that show unprecedented detail, scientists have found that material rotating around a very young protostar probably has dragged in and twisted magnetic fields from the larger area surrounding the star. T...

Former International Space Station commander Leroy Chiao brings his vast spaceflight and policy experience to bear on the latest issues in the field - along with his movie reviews, as the AstroCritic.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory:

Auroras are dimly present throughout the night in polar regions, but sometimes these lights explode in brightness. Now Japanese scientists have unlocked the mystery behind this spectacle, known as auroral breakup.

Months after scientists announced "the strongest evidence yet" of liquid water on Mars, a study Monday said there was none at least in the valleys carved into numerous Red Planet slopes.

It's a familiar view to those who watched Matt Damon's character Mark Watney fight for survival in "The Martian," yet it's one we've never actually seen up close until now: rippling sand dunes on Mars.

According to physicist, Roger Penrose, What's in our head is orders of magnitude more complex than anything one sees in the Universe: "If you look at the entire physical cosmos," says Penrose, "our brains are a tiny, tin...

At 04:48 UTC tomorrow morning (or 21:48 tonight Eastern US time), the Earth's north polar axis will be tipped as far away from the Sun as it will be all year. This means the Sun will reach its most southern position on t...

For the first time, the service has simultaneously controlled all of its primary space-based missile warning assets with a single ground system. SpaceNews.com

Monday's briefing begins with Boeing nabbing a second commercial crew order while SpaceX prepares for an evening launch and landing attempt at Cape Canaveral, plus a look at the week ahead. SpaceNews.com

NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale is delivering promising early results on a process called magnetic reconnection - a kind of magnetic explosion that's related to everything from the northern lights to solar flares....

Cripes, this again? The usual suspects -- Facebook, Twitter, less-than-reliable "news" websites -- are harping about a "mega-asteroid" will pass Earth on Dec. 24 that is so big it could trigger earthquakes and "rip up ...

Two American astronauts helped move a stalled rail car back into place outside the International Space Station on Monday, quickly finishing the primary job of an unplanned spacewalk before moving on to other housekeeping...