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It was thirty years ago, January 28, 1986, that space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its flight, killing seven astronauts. This is a tough time of year in the history of human spaceflight, as 19 years on Jan...

A recent Chinese military organization is the clearest signal yet that, in the event of future conflict, it will challenge the American ability to access and exploit outer space and cyber space. SpaceNews.com

Since astronomers discovered the Smith Cloud, a giant gas cloud plummeting toward the Milky Way, they have been unable to determine its composition, which would hold clues as to its origin. Astronomers have now determine...

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Since astronomers discovered the Smith Cloud, a giant gas cloud plummeting toward the Milky Way, they have been unable to determine its composition, which would hold clues as to its origin. University of Notre Dame astro...

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"If you want to know where the universe came from and where it's going, you need to know about time," says Joan Vaccaro at the Griffith University's Center for Quantum Dynamics. "Experiments on subatomic particles over t...

European scientists have gathered tiny fungi that take shelter in Antarctic rocks and sent them to the International Space Station. After 18 months on board in conditions similar to those on Mars, more than 60% of their ...

A new video shows us in striking detail where we live in the Universe. The post Our Place in the Universe: The Most Detailed Map Yet appeared first on Universe Today.

Gas-giant exoplanet orbits 600 billion miles from its host star, 175 times farther than Pluto is from the sun --

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Like hoverboards, it looks like rechargeable batteries might be the next thing to be booted from airlines.

I am very honored to let y'all know that I have received the David N. Schramm Science Journalism Award for 2016! The annual award is given by the High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the American Astronomical Soc...

On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle exploded just 73 seconds after blasting off, killing all seven astronauts on board --

European scientists have gathered tiny fungi that take shelter in Antarctic rocks and sent them to the International Space Station. After 18 months on board in conditions similar to those on Mars, more than 60% of their ...

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Thursday's briefing begins with NanoRacks pressing ahead with plans for a private airlock on the ISS and NASA awarding for design studies for the Asteroid Redirect Mission spacecraft. SpaceNews.com

The six Expedition 46 crew members today prepared for the deployment of a pair of nanosatellites, loaded trash in the Cygnus cargo craft and reviewed timelines and procedures for a Feb. 3 spacewalk. The International Spa...

The bright star Sirius presides over an ancient burial mound in a dazzling new photo by project nightflight, taken at the Grossmugl Star Walk in Austria.

The space between stars is not empty. Dark, cold, ghostlike material lurks there, as thin as a politician's promise. Astronomers call this material "dust," but don't be fooled; it's not like the little tumbleweeds you fi...

(Phys.org)--Located about 510 light years from the Earth, Mu Centauri is a very interesting mysterious cataclysmic variable star. It is a dwarf nova, a close binary star system in which white dwarf accretes matter from i...

Dozens of educators who competed alongside Christa McAuliffe to become the first teacher in space gathered Thursday to remember the seven astronauts who perished aboard Challenger 30 years ago.