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Scientists have found evidence of a true ninth planet in our solar system. Nicknamed "Planet Nine," the real-life Planet X appears to have the mass of 10 Earths and is 20 times farther from the sun than Neptune.

Earth's 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)....

ESA astronaut Tim Peake explains the "mission-critical" vacuum system at the heart of the International Space Station's "restroom."

NASA has added two potentially habitable moons of Saturn to the list of possible destinations for its next billion-dollar New Frontiers mission.

Worldwide temperature data from 1880 - 2015 has here been color-mapped and animated. 2015 - the warmest year for which scientists have data - beats 2014 (the previous record-holder) by .23 degrees Fahrenheit (0.13 Celsiu...

Are there Earth-like planets in a neighboring star system?

For the first time in over a decade, five planets will take center stage in the morning sky this week.

NASA's Orion crew module will be available to media at two NASA locations Jan. 26th and in early February, as engineers continue to prepare the spacecraft to send astronauts deeper into space than ever before, including ...

Infographic from Scientific American breaks down the technology behind our ongoing search for ripples in spacetime --

Scientists announced the discovery of a potential "Planet Nine" in our solar system on Jan. 20, 2016. See images of this strange giant world in our neighborhood here.

Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that ...

Researchers say an anomaly in the orbits of distant Kuiper Belt objects points to the existence of an unknown planet orbiting the sun.

Neptune's existence was proposed before it was detected, based on how its mass affected the motion of Uranus. Now, a proposed planet - smaller than Neptune but larger than Earth - has been proposed.

Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that ...

A Washington Post investigative report revealed that 20 large Air Force drones were destroyed or suffered at least $2 million in damages via accidents in 2015, marking its worst year for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) c...

"I know, I know," writes Caltech's Mike Brown, the Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy and author of the mikebrownsplanets.com blog, who specializes in the discovery and study of bodies at the ...

NASA’s Veggie program takes a big step forward in its goal to learn how to grow more complicated plants in space --

The head of the Missile Defense Agency said Jan. 19 the schedule for a new kill vehicle will be based on rigor and process, not hard deadlines. SpaceNews.com

A possible planet - larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune - orbiting the Sun once every 15,000 years, could explain the peculiar clumping of Kuiper Belt Objects in our solar system.

If you get up very early over the next couple of weeks, there's a treat waiting for you outside: All five naked-eye planets known since antiquity are visible in the dawn sky at once. This is actually pretty cool, and it'...

They braved the cold, cursed the clouds, wrestled with frozen telescope focusers and more, as dedicated astros worked to catch the first occultation of the bright star Aldebaran for 2016 by the waxing gibbous Moon. The e...

On Jan. 18, 2016, the GRIPS balloon team sent their instrument soaring towards the stratosphere above Antarctica, suspended underneath a helium-filled, football-field sized scientific balloon. GRIPS, short for Gamma-Ray ...