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The launch delay and possible cancellation of NASA's next Mars lander shouldn't affect the agency's other activities at the Red Planet going forward, officials say.

The duo behind "The Expanse," the space adventure series turned newest Syfy epic, sat down with Space.com to discuss the story's creation, its many different forms, working on the show and writing space's biggest threat.

The FAA has started its drone registration program. It costs $5 to register into the FAA's database and those caught flying with no registration can be fined at least $27,500 for breaking the law.

Rock band Coheed and Cambria steps away from sci-fi concept records but still reference the real universe in new album.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

Designed by the Office of Naval Research and Rutgers University, the Naviator is the first amphibious drone ever created, with the ability to both fly in the air and swim underwater.

Zinnia flowers are starting to grow in the International Space Station's Veggie facility as part of the VEG-01 investigation. Veggie provides lighting and nutrient supply for plants in the form of a low-cost growth chamb...

This precedes what's sure to be an uptick of drone owners following the holidays.

Richard Garriott, video game developer and space entrepreneur, explains how he and his wife collected enough artifacts to illustrate the entire history of the universe. In this video he takes us back... --

The Pentagon's acquisitions czar vowed "very intense management" of Raytheon Co's work on a ground control network for GPS satellites and said the department would revisit other options if Raytheon's performance did not ...

Among the most feared events in space physics are solar eruptions, massive explosions that hurl millions of tons of plasma gas and radiation into space. These outbursts can be deadly: if the first moon-landing mission ha...

Get daily space photos to your inbox for a year with a new subscription service from Uwingu, a company which, among other things, also lets people name a crater on Mars.

A formal solicitation for companies to demonstrate their ability to build the next batch of GPS 3 satellites is expected on Jan. 8, 2016. SpaceNews.com

The two authors of "The Expanse" book series, now a new Syfy TV show, were deeply involved with the look, feel and script of the new TV epic. Here, they discuss how they made it happen and the coolest tech and science el...

Astronomers say giant comets dubbed centaurs argue for an expansion of the list of potential hazards to our home planet.

American Astronomical Society:

Mercury is typically difficult to spot from Earth, but on Dec. 28, the innermost planet will be visible to skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's how you can spot it.

There is no substance to multiple media reports that an asteroid passing by Earth will cause earthquakes on our own planet, according to asteroid experts at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

A pair of spacewalkers are cleaning up and reporting back to ground controllers after a short spacewalk Monday morning. A Christmas delivery is also due at the International Space Station Wednesday at 5:31 a.m. EST/10:31...

Wednesday's briefing begins with the Department of Energy announcing that it has produced its first batch of Plutonium-238 -- an isotope used to power long-lasting spacecraft batteries -- since domestic production stoppe...

Michelin-starred chefs are vying to create Christmas delights for astronauts spending the festive season 400 kilometres away from Earth and their families.

It's not easy to contradict Congress, but its legislation to bar the use of the Russian RD-180 rocket engine from launching U.S. security payloads is truly a classic example of shooting oneself in the foot. SpaceNews.com