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Scientists on NASA's New Horizons mission, which performed the first-ever flyby of Pluto on July 14, have put together a color-coded geological map of Sputnik Planum, the huge nitrogen-ice plain on the left side of Pluto...

The explosive spread of Zika throughout the Americas is raising questions about the best ways to control this and future epidemics. We first need to identify what factors contribute to the spread of Zika and understand w...

In a unique invitation to develop a new satellite platform, NASA's Small Spacecraft Technology Program (SSTP) is requesting proposals from industry to provide small spacecraft for its Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator (...

Production is underway for the next chapter in the Star Wars saga. The movie premieres in Dec. 2017.

A special terahertz camera developed by ESA has been used by a UK company to develop an advanced scanner to spot even objects well hidden under clothes

Visit the Astronomy Cast Page to subscribe to the audio podcast! We record Astronomy Cast as a live Google+ Hangout on Air every Monday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. You can watch here on Universe Today or from ...

On 2013 February 15 the approach of asteroid (367943) Duende to our planet was being closely monitored by both the public and the scientific community worldwide when suddenly a superbolide entered the atmosphere above th...

"Once more, unto the breech..." Ready to brave the February cold and the ongoing arctic polar express? Tonight, North American skywatchers will witness an encore event, as the waxing gibbous Moon crosses the Hyades star ...

This past October, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope in Chile iscovered never-before-seen features within the dusty disk surrounding the yo...

The U.S. Air Force has revamped its next-generation weather satellite program to initially include at least three satellites, the first of which could launch as early as next year, service leaders said Feb. 11. SpaceNews...

Canadian Space Agency:

Today: Burning and Suppression of Solids - Milliken (BASS-M): Today, Kopra completed the sixth set of BASS-M operations, preparing and testing five different samples with ground assistance from the Principal Investigator...

This image shows a crater-filled region in the northeastern part of the moon. Several features are visible here, including, to the left of the frame, the small Keldysh crater peeking into view. Below and to the right of ...

Does Jupiter deserve its reputation as the protector of Earth? Perhaps you've heard of this idea: There's a lot of junk floating around in the outer solar system, icy and/or rocky chunks out past Jupiter, that sometimes ...

Black holes have long been a source of much excitement and intrigue. And interest regarding black holes will surely grow now that gravitational waves have been discovered.

In 2013 February 15, the approach of asteroid (367943) Duende to our planet was being closely monitored by both the public and the scientific community worldwide when a superbolide entered the atmosphere above the region...

Twenty years ago, in Geneva, PhD student Didier Queloz discovered a planet orbiting another sun - something that astronomers had predicted, but never found. Today he continues his terra hunting for extreme worlds and Ear...

The first stars appeared about one hundred million years after the big bang, and ever since then stars and star formation processes have lit up the cosmos, producing heavy elements, planets, black holes, and arguably all...

The most sensitive detector yet revs up in March—and there’s a lot on the line --

Fraser Cain "Asks a Spaceman" Dr. Paul Matt Sutter - why do we call the Big Bang a singularity, when we also call black holes singularities?

PBS KIDS and PBS SoCal touted their new animated series, "Ready Jet Go!," with a first-look screening, live musical performances and a conversation about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education here at...