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NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, MD - It's Mesmerizing ! That's the overwhelming feeling expressed among the fortunate few setting their own eyeballs on the newly exposed golden primary mirror at the heart of NASA's mam...

Astronomers at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, have discovered an unusually shaped structure in two nearby disc galaxies....

NASA Operation IceBridge captured this view from 500 meters about the North Pole Taken on May 4th....

On Friday morning, May 6, 2016, at 05:21 UTC, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket roared away from its launch pad in Florida, carrying a Japanese satellite into orbit. Eight minutes and 40 seconds later, the first stage booster set...

When Mercury crosses the sun on Monday, it will open up a wealth of scientific opportunity for telescopes on Earth and in space.

On Monday, May 9, Mercury will appear to pass across the disk of the sun as seen from Earth. This event -- which astronomers call a transit -- helped early astronomers measure distances in the solar system.

Even if you can't find a solar telescope to watch the Mercury transit on Monday (March 9), you don't have to miss the action.

Three University of North Dakota graduate students emerged Friday from their simulated space mission to Mars tired, happy and longing for spicy food.

A crowning achievement of the Cassini mission to Saturn is the discovery of water vapor jets spraying out from Enceladus' southern pole. First witnessed by the spacecraft in 2005, these icy geysers propelled the little 5...

Tim Peake: San Francisco, San Jose and the Bay Area. North on right. Credits: ESA/NASA Larger image...

In Nepal, the dry month of April always brings an increase in fire activity. However, the fires were particularly widespread in April 2016....

The Nili Fossae region, located on the northwest rim of Isidis impact basin, is one of the most colorful regions of Mars....