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Holy low-flying space rocks, Batman.

Everyone knows it was a large asteroid striking Earth that led to the demise of the dinosaurs. But how many near misses were there? Modern humans have been around for about 225,000 years, so we must have come close to de...

Astronomers using the super-sharp radio vision of the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have found the shredded remains of a galaxy that passed through a larger galaxy....

Two galaxies collide, and one super-massive black hole is stripped almost naked of stars. The post Somebody Get This Supermassive Black Hole A Towel appeared first on Universe Today.

In 1655, astronomer Christiaan Huygens became the first person to observe the beautiful ring system that surrounds Saturn. And while they are certainly the most spectacular, astronomers have since discovered that all the...

New high-resolution images taken by a NASA orbiter show parts of the ExoMars Schiaparelli module and its landing site in colour on the Red Planet....

Researcher Don Hood from LSU and colleagues from collaborating universities studied an unusual region on Mars -- an area with high elevation called Thaumasia Planum....

The Mars Science Laboratory came across an unusual golf ball-sized object on the surface of the planet on Oct. 27, 2016.

Members of the media were invited to join NASA Administrator Charles Bolden November 2 at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for an update about what's in store for NASA's next great observatory, the Jam...

The new Expedition 50 crew is in its first week aboard the International Space Station after a trio of Expedition 49 crew members left for Earth Saturday night. Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineers Sergey Ryzhi...

China's newest and biggest heavy-lift rocket was successfully launched today, Nov 3, 2016, testing out China's latest rocket along with bringing an experimental satellite designed to test electric-propulsion technology. ...

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New information on the effects of the 30 October earthquake that struck central Italy continues to emerge as scientists analyse radar scans from satellites.

Last week NASA's Mars rover Curiosity stumbled upon a dark grey, golf ball-sized object that looks nothing like the typical red-orange rocks typically seen on Mars.

NASA announced yesterday that it has completed the construction of the world's largest space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), after almost two decades of construction. The next-generation $8.8 billion he...

China's powerful new Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket soared on its maiden flight today, bringing the nation one step closer to building its own space station in Earth orbit.

China is close to completing construction of an astronomical observatory at the highest point on the Antarctic plateau, as a team begins the 33rd Chinese expedition to the frozen continent, the official Xinhua news agenc...

Now available is the October 26, 2016 NASA Future In-Space Operations (FISO) telecon material. The speaker was Peter Wegner (Spaceflight Industries) who discussed "The SmallSat Revolution: Your World Now!"...

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Twenty-five years after Canada's 1st woman lifted off into space, the nation has launched a coin honoring astronaut Roberta Bondar's historic mission.

China launched its most powerful rocket ever on Thursday, state media said, as the country presses on with a program which has seen it become a major space power.

A Japanese H-2A rocket launched the Himawari-9 geostationary weather satellite Wednesday (Nov. 2), marking the workhorse rocket's second and final launch of 2016.