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Institute of Astrophysics of Andalucia, Spain:

Letter from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to grantee institutions running NASA-funded programs regarding harassment policies.

The new satellite will study the Earth's oceans. This is the 4th mission since 1992 (TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason 1, OSTM/Jason 2, Jason 3) to track changes to the global seas.

After losing a bid to SpaceX and Boeing to taxi astronauts to the International Space Station, Sierra Nevada's miniature space shuttle Dream Chaser will have a new mission -- flying cargo for NASA.

China is moving forward with plans to land a probe on the far side of the moon, state news agency Xinhua reports.

Black holes may have hair made up of zero-energy gravitons and photons, meaning they may preserve information, research suggests.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Steve B. Howell, Project Scientist on Kepler to discuss the great new results coming form the K2 mission – the repurposed Kepler mission. Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmiccha...

A spacewalk involving NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and British colleague Tim Peake was called off about 2 hours early today (Jan. 15) when Kopra noticed some water inside his helmet.

A full-scale mockup of a NASA space shuttle may soon travel along the waterways of the United States, embarking on a new mission of "Inspiration." The model orbiter Inspiration is transforming into an educational outreac...

This processed image is the highest-resolution color look yet at the haze layers in Pluto's atmosphere....

Part of a joint European-Russian mission to search for signs of life on Mars may be delayed due to cash flow problems, the European Space Agency said Friday.

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station....

New observations of galaxies where no new stars are being born may give hints as to why these galaxies "died," but have also earned these galaxies the acronym "LIERs." Furthermore, some living galaxies may be "LIERs," to...

China will launch a mission to land on the dark side of the moon in two years' time, state media reported, in what will be a first for humanity. The moon's far hemisphere is never directly visible from Earth and...

Two scientists working on the Giant Magellan Telescope explain the mammoth and intricate construction --

NASA scientists and engineers working on the agency's James Webb Space Telescope will be available for live satellite interviews from 6 to 11:30 a.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 22. They'll discuss the new technology involved in...

NASA scientists and engineers working on the agency's James Webb Space Telescope will be available for live satellite interviews from 6 to 11:30 a.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 22. They'll discuss the new technology involved in...

Our week through the lens: 11-15 January 2016

Climate experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will discuss the release of new data on 2015 global temperatures, and the most important weather and climate events of the year, du...

Climate experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will discuss the release of new data on 2015 global temperatures, and the most important weather and climate events of the year, du...

The most luminous galaxy known in the Universe - the quasar W2246-0526, seen when the Universe was less than 10% of its current age - is so turbulent that it is in the process of ejecting its entire supply of...