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The film 2001: A Space Odyssey brought space science to the general masses. Today we may consider it as common place, but in 1968 when the film was released, humankind yet to walk on the Moon. We certainly didn't have an...

"In the last 20 years, we have learned that nature can produce a staggering diversity of planets--from planets that orbit two stars to planets that complete a full orbit every few hours," says Erik Petigura, a Caltech po...

No one has yet observed the first stars that formed in the Milky Way. In all likelihood, they will never be directly observed, because the first stars are massive, ending their lives only a few millions years after their...

Earth's magnetosphere, the region of space dominated by Earth's magnetic field, protects our planet from the harsh battering of the solar wind. Like a protective shield, the magnetosphere absorbs and deflects plasma from...

This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Zain Husain at the Brownspaceman.com blog.

When you look up at the night sky, none of the stars you see are M dwarfs. These diminutive stars, much smaller and dimmer than our own sun aren't bright enough to see with the naked eye. Yet M dwarfs...

Astronomers have discovered the youngest fully formed exoplanet ever detected....

Earth's magnetosphere, the region of space dominated by Earth's magnetic field, protects our planet from the harsh battering of the solar wind. Like a protective shield, the magnetosphere absorbs and deflects plasma from...

ESA astronaut Tim Peake meets the media for the first time since landing back on Earth on Tuesday 21 June at 13:00 CEST, at the European Astronaut Centre

Venus has an "electric wind" strong enough to remove the components of water from its upper atmosphere, which may have played a significant role in stripping Earth's twin planet of its oceans, according to new results fr...

Venus has an "electric wind" strong enough to remove the components of water from its upper atmosphere, which may have played a significant role in stripping Earth's twin planet of its oceans, according to new results fr...

An experiment led by LSU Chemistry Professor John Pojman was aboard the historic flight by Blue Origin today. LSU was one of three universities, including Purdue University and Braunschweig University of Technology in Ge...

Actor Anton Yelchin has passed away in an auomobile accident.

Now available is the May 25, 2016 NASA Future In-Space Operations (FISO) telecon material. The speaker was Markus Landgraf (ESA/ESTEC) who discussed "HERACLES: Preparing Human Exploration by Integrated Certification of C...

Today, Monday June 20, 2016, at 22:34 UTC (6:34 pm Eastern US time), the Sun will reach its highest declination in the sky, its farthest point north for the year. That is the moment of the June solstice. This means that,...

Planet formation is a complex and tumultuous process that remains shrouded in mystery. Astronomers have discovered more than 3,000 exoplanets--planets orbiting stars other than our Sun--however, nearly all are middle-age...

NASA: Kepler News and Features:

On Monday (June 20), the full moon will fall on the solstice for the first time since 1948. To celebrate this special occasion, the online Slooh Community Observatory will broadcast views of the moon live from the Canary...

The first systematic study to demonstrate that early building blocks of life may be produced when low-energy (< 20 eV) electrons interact with cosmic (interstellar, planetary, and cometary) ices," will be presented by Ch...

Scientists using data from ESA's Venus Express mission have discovered that Venus' 'electric force' or 'electric wind' is far greater than that of Earth. It can overcome gravity's hold on the planet's atmosphere and push...

Over 90 per cent of mammal species were wiped out by the same asteroid that killed the dinosaurs in the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago, significantly more than previously thought. A study by researchers at the Mi...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: