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The Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory (GPM) tunes a constellation of satellites "to one note, like an oboe tuning an orchestra," according to NASA.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows star clusters encircling a galaxy, like bees buzzing around a hive. The hive in question is an edge-on lenticular galaxy NGC 5308, located just under 100 million light-yea...

An international team of scientists, including two professors and three graduate students from UCLA, has detected and confirmed the faintest early-universe galaxy ever, behind a galaxy cluster known as MACS2129.4-0741, w...

Media accreditation now is open for the next SpaceX commercial cargo resupply services mission to the International Space Station, targeted for launch no earlier than approximately 1:32 a.m. EDT Saturday, July 16.

International Space Station astronaut Jeff Williams discusses his space-eye view with Nickelodeon TV stars --

Today, May 23, 2016 ISRO successfully flight tested India's first winged body aerospace vehicle operating in hypersonic flight regime....

The temperature of the Universe can vary a dramatic amount from the hot cores of stars to the vast cold emptiness of deep space. What’s the temperature of the Universe now, and what will it be in the future? Visit the ...

The conclusion that the universe is teeming with biology is based on an unproved assumption --

A Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists discovered two geologically young craters--one 16 million, the other between 75 and 420 million, years old--in the Moon's darkest regions.

A Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists discovered two geologically young craters - one 16 million, the other between 75 and 420 million, years old in the Moon's darkest regions....

Europe's Galileo sat-nav system, a rival to America's GPS, should move closer to operation with the launch Tuesday of a fresh pair of satellites to join a dozen already in space.

I love a good coincidence. Especially a series of them. To wit: Last week I wrote an article about a massively viral optical illusion photo of a brick wall--if you haven't seen it yet, I won't spoil it; just go to my pos...

"So far the Standard Model seems to explain matter, but we know there has to be something beyond the Standard Model," said Denise Caldwell, director of the Physics Division of the National Science Foundation. "This poten...

4 billion years ago, the Sun was cooler than it was today, but much more active. Earth's weaker magnetosphere allowed particles from solar flares to seep into the atmosphere, contributing to the creation of the greenhous...

When a powerful "superflare" from the sun scoured the solar system more than 1,200 years ago, it had little effect on Earth's inhabitants -- but today's astronauts wouldn't be so lucky.

The week ahead includes a Falcon 9 launch of the Thaicom 8 satellite, deployment of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module that was delivered to the ISS in April and continued congressional action on bills funding the U....

Monday's briefing begins with India's successful flight of an RLV technology demonstrator that was launched on a supersonic trajectory that ended with a splash down in the Bay of Bengal. SpaceNews.com

"If you have a wormhole, then you can turn them into time machines for going backward in time," says Caltech's Kip Thorne. "Wormholes" are cosmic tunnels that can connect two distant regions of the universe, or even to a...

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An ESA-backed start-up company is working with fashion students to incorporate energy-harvesting devices in new space-inspired high-fashion designs. The results will be unveiled on a catwalk at the London Science Museum ...

Mysterious high-rise clouds seen appearing suddenly in the martian atmosphere on a handful of occasions may be linked to space weather, say Mars Express scientists.