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With a helicopter the sole feature on the vast expanse of ice and her only way back to warmth and safety, polar scientist Anna Hogg must have thought, "What on Earth am I doing out here?" as she set to taking ice samples...

(Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)) Researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias have discovered a 'superearth' type planet, GJ 536 b, whose mass is around 5.4 Earth masses, in orbit around a near...

Galaxies formed and grew billions of years ago by accumulating gas from their surroundings, or colliding and merging with other young galaxies....

One month after launching from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo spacecraft is set to leave the International Space Station at 8:20 a.m. EST Monday, Nov. 21. Live coverage of the spac...

The evidence keeps growing for a large subsurface ocean at Pluto, which also provides clues how the iconic 'heart' of Pluto was formed. We reported in early October that thermal models of Pluto's interior and tectonic ev...

Almost a week after the election, NASA is still waiting to talk to Trump's transition team, making the future of the space agency seem uncertain The post NASA Stands Ready For Trump Transition Team appeared first on Univ...

A liquid ocean lying deep beneath Pluto's frozen surface is the best explanation for features revealed by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, according to a new analysis. The idea that Pluto has a subsurface ocean is not new...

Large Synoptic Survey Telescope:

An international team of astronomers has discovered a previously unknown major concentration of galaxies in the constellation Vela, which they have dubbed the Vela supercluster. The gravitational attraction from this lar...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

"This rocky exoplanet is orbiting a star much smaller and cooler than the Sun," said Jonay Isaí González with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, "but, sufficiently nearby and bright. It is also observable from ...

Beneath Pluto's "heart" lies a cold, slushy ocean of water ice, according to data from NASA's New Horizons mission. In a paper published today in the journal Nature, the New Horizons team, including researchers from MIT,...

Sputnik Planitia, a 1,000-kilometer wide basin within the iconic heart-shaped region observed on Pluto's surface, could be in its present location because accumulation of ice made the dwarf planet roll over, creating cra...

New studies suggest the dwarf planet’s spin is tilted askew, perhaps by the presence of a subsurface sea --

Beneath Pluto's "heart" lies a cold, slushy ocean of water ice, according to data from NASA's New Horizons mission....

Peggy Whitson -- who will become the first woman to command the International Space Station twice -- shares her experience as an older astronaut in a new video for the American Association of Retired Persons provided exc...

With Thursday's (Nov. 17) launch of three new crewmembers, the International Space Station will be returned to full staffing -- but not for long.

Scientists have discovered a new large valley on Mercury that may be the first evidence of buckling of the planet's outer silicate shell in response to global contraction. The researchers discovered the valley using a ne...

Students in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, will have the opportunity to speak with a NASA astronaut currently living and working aboard the International Space Station at 12:40 p.m. EST Friday, Nov. 18. The 20-minute, Earth-to-s...

For the first time, scientists have started to map the vast subterranean systems that underlie the massive Yellowstone Supervolcano to better predict if and when a 'super-eruption' could occur - something that hasn't hap...

An international team of astronomers has discovered a previously unknown major concentration of galaxies in the constellation Vela, which they have dubbed the Vela supercluster. The gravitational attraction from this lar...

The NASA astronaut has lived the American Dream, starting back when she was selling chickens to make enough money to pay for a pilot's license. Now she is set to launch to the International Space Station for her 3rd tour...