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The sign of a truly great scientific theory is by the outcomes it predicts when you run experiments or perform observations. And one of the greatest theories ever proposed was the concept of Relativity, described by Albe...

We may be living in the golden age of Mars exploration. With multiple orbiters around Mars and two functioning rovers on the surface of the red planet, our knowledge of Mars is growing at an unprecedented rate. But it ha...

NASA tested new "eyes" for its next Mars rover mission on a rocket built by Masten Space Systems in Mojave, California, thanks in part to NASA's Flight Opportunities Program, or FOP.

With 74 successful launches in a row, Ariane 5 now matches the reliability of Ariane 4 - while an experiment is helping the development of Ariane 6.

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The tent is up! This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Pamela Hoffman at the Everyday Spacer blog.

The Universe is a really, really big place. We're talking... imperceptibly big! In fact, based on decades worth of observations, astronomers now believe that the observable Universe measures about 46 billion light years ...

The fifth and final flight of the New Shepard vehicle demonstrated the vehicle's in-flight escape system for future passengers --

Iran has long harbored ambitions to put its own satellites into orbit to monitor natural disasters in the earthquake-prone nation, improve telecommunications and expand military surveillance. The U.S. and its allies worr...

NASA's Ames Research Center News and Features:

Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory to discover an extremely luminous, variable X-ray source located outside the center of its parent galaxy. This peculiar object...

NASA scientists have detected subsurface oceans on dwarf planet Ceres and a number of outer solar system moons, including Jupiter's Europa, Saturn's Enceladus, Neptune's Triton, and most recently, a vast subsurface ocean...

Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope:

The bizarre object’s overall brightness has been gradually dimming for years  --

Scientists have created a new service called the Daily Minor Planet to inform the public about cosmic debris and the risks associated with asteroids zooming near Earth.

Blue Origin carried out a successful test of the abort system of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Oct. 5, managing to safely land both the vehicle's crew capsule and propulsion module. SpaceNews.com

The private spaceflight company, which is run by billionaire Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, conducted a critical "in-flight escape test" of its New Shepard suborbital spaceflight system today (Oct. 5) -- and everything w...

Rocket company Blue Origin has pulled off a double success.

If all goes according to plan, New Shepard will zoom away from its rocket shortly after liftoff today (Oct. 5), showing how the capsule would get its passengers to safety in the event of a real-life launch emergency.

The private spaceflight company Blue Origin launched a test flight for their new in-flight launch abort system.

The private spaceflight company's New Shepard rocket and its capsule were both returned to ground after a successful test of its in-flight escape system. An engine aboard the capsule blasted it away from rocket 45 second...

Blue Origin just completed an apparently flawless in-flight aboard of its New Shepard launch vehicle. The capsule separated and made a perfect landing. The booster continued, undaunted, to space and then made a textbook ...