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A neutron star spinning from 7 to 40,000 times a minute emits beams of electromagnetic radiation that can be detected. NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has been used to capture data about these "lighthouses."

The New Horizons probe revealed the surface features of Pluto in rich detail when it reached the dwarf planet in July 2015. Some of the features look like snapshots of rivers and lakes that are locked firmly in place by ...

Bob Ebeling spent three decades filled with guilt over not stopping the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, but found relief in the weeks before his death.

NASA data has led to rare discovery: Earth's moon wandered off axis billions of years ago. Ancient lunar ice indicates the moon's axis slowly shifted by 125 miles, or 6 degrees, over 1 billion years. Earth's moon now a m...

This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his Next Big Future blog.

Solar storms are triggering X-ray auroras on Jupiter that are about eight times brighter than normal over a large area of the planet and hundreds of times more energetic than Earth's 'northern lights'....

A new study published today in Nature reports discovery of a rare event -- that Earth's moon slowly moved from its original axis roughly 3 billion years ago.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (://.ucr.edu) -- When we think of a galaxy the first thing that comes to our minds is an assembly of stars. Indeed, the stars of a galaxy are one of its most important characteristics.

New NASA-funded research provides evidence that the spin axis of Earth's moon shifted by about five degrees roughly three billion years ago....

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - A stunningly beautiful nighttime launch mesmerized delighted spectators as it roared off a Florida space coast launch pad late Tuesday night, March 22, on a mission for NASA stocked with over t...

A new study published today in Nature reports discovery of a rare event--that Earth's moon slowly moved from its original axis roughly 3 billion years ago.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off at 11:05 p.m. EDT/3:05 a.m. UTC, and Cygnus has begun its journey to the International Space Station with an arrival on March 26. Cygnus will separate from the upper s...

Research led by Johns Hopkins University scientists has found new persuasive evidence that could help solve a longstanding mystery in astrophysics: Why did the pace of star formation in the universe slow down some 11 bil...

A commercial Cygnus cargo ship launched into space late Tuesday (March 22), streaking into the Florida night sky on a mission to deliver a record-breaking load of NASA experiments and gear to the International Space Stat...

Institute of Astrophysics of Andalucia, Spain:

NASA is sending scientists around the world in 2016 - from the edge of the Greenland ice sheet to the coral reefs of the South Pacific - to delve into challenging questions about how our planet is changing and what impac...

Research led by Johns Hopkins University scientists has found new persuasive evidence that could help solve a longstanding mystery in astrophysics: Why did the pace of star formation in the universe slow down some 11 bil...

A telescope in Chile operated by the online Slooh Community Observatory captured video of the comets 252P/LINEAR and 2016 BA14 as they cruised past Earth on Monday and Tuesday (March 21 and March 22), respectively.

The Pentagon will spend $2 billion on space control measures this year to counter emerging threats to its national security satellites, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said March 22. SpaceNews.com

"First, perhaps, it might be best to understand why anyone would want to land on Europa at all. Europa - the second of Jupiter's four large satellites - is clearly a special place," says Caltech's Mike Brown, the Richard...

Former astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly tweeted messages of condolence and mourning after terrorist attacks in Brussels left more than 30 people dead.