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Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are massive expulsions of magnetic flux into space from the solar corona, the ionized atmosphere surrounding the sun. Magnetic storms arising from CMEs pose radiation hazards that can damage...

There is a renaissance occurring in the aerospace community, and the way governments respond in the next couple of years may set the stage for what could be the next new industry. SpaceNews.com

Spending nearly a year in space, 249 miles from Earth, could be a lonely prospect, but an office at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, made sure astronaut Scott Kelly could reach home for the enti...

A draft version of a comprehensive space policy bill seeks to make changes to management and regulation of space activities at NASA, the Defense Department, and other federal agencies while pushing the government to rely...

NASA has plans to develop new supersonic passenger aircraft that are not only quieter, but also greener and less expensive to operate. If NASA's 2017 budget is approved, the agency will re-start their X-Plane program, th...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

Five thousand four hundred forty. That is how many times NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko circled the Earth during their record-setting yearlong mission on board the International Space Station.

As scientists step up their search for other life in the universe, two astrophysicists are proposing a way to make sure we don't miss the signal if extraterrestrial observers try to contact us first.

Nearly the size of the full moon in the sky, M35 shines in this image. To it's lower left is NGC2158, another similar star cluster that lies much further away, at 11,000 light years away. The image was taken by Ron Brech...

The glowing, symmetrical wings of Hen 2-437 shine in luminescent blue in a new image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope.

When you've spent months in space, what's it like to come home? Unique perspective from retired ISS commander Leroy Chiao.

Four young museumgoers travel back in time to save the future of winged aircraft (and spacecraft, too) in a new comic for young readers released by Smithsonian Books.

Tuesday's briefing begins with SpaceX heading back out to the launch pad to take another shot at getting SES-9 off the ground. SpaceNews.com

Ready to explore the largest planet in our solar system? The month of March heralds the return of Jupiter to evening skies. Early March 2016 sees the planet Jupiter starting off the month less than one degree from the st...

Tuesday night, at 11:27 p.m. Eastern U.S. time (or Wednesday at 04:27 UTC if you prefer), Cmdr. Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko will return to their home planet. Kelly is an American astronaut, and Kornienko a Russian ...

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Spreading Orion's wings - unfurling the solar array on the European Service Module

The U.S. Air Force is considering a three-satellite constellation as a possible replacement or supplement to its wideband satellite communication system. SpaceNews.com

ESA Education is inviting university student teams to submit proposals related to designing, building and flying their experiment in a parabolic flight campaign, which is tentatively scheduled to take place in autumn 201...

Astronomers propose hunting for civilizations on worlds that can see our planet cross the sun --

Astronomers propose hunting for civilizations on worlds that can see our planet cross the Sun --

At 11:26pm EST (March 1st, 2016), the Soyuz capsule carrying NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, Roscomsos cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov landed in Kazakhstan. They undocked from the International Space Station a...

Media and social media representatives are invited to attend our ExoMars launch event at ESA in Darmstadt, Germany on 14 March