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Looking for great holiday gifts for that special someone who is interested in space and the stars? Two writers for Universe Today have you covered whether it’s exploration of the Solar System or learning what to look f...

The Cassini mission has begun its final phase and has completed its first ring-grazing orbit around Saturn. The post Cassini’s First Ring-Grazing Orbit A Success appeared first on Universe Today.

NASA has selected a first-of-its-kind Earth science mission that will extend our nation's lead in measuring key greenhouse gases and vegetation health from space to advance our understanding of Earth's natural exchanges ...

(University of Notre Dame) Information gathered by University of Notre Dame researchers can be used to tell the story of how the first elements were formed, and determine the distribution of the masses of those first sta...

University of Notre Dame astronomers have identified what they believe to be the second generation of stars, shedding light on the nature of the universe's first stars.

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA recently calculated the rate in which snow fell in Hawaii's peaks and analyzed the freezing level.

As the 114th Congress winds to a close, several space-related bills seeking passage, including a NASA authorization bill, are in danger of running out of time. SpaceNews.com

The Expedition 50 crew is getting ready for next week's arrival and capture of Japan's sixth resupply ship, the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-6). The six station residents also worked on a pair of spacesuits and conducted a...

"The mystery of why we haven't yet found signs of aliens may have less to do with the likelihood of the origin of life or intelligence and have more to do with the rarity of the rapid emergence of biological...

A new contract from NASA to build the agency's Restore-L satellite servicing spacecraft could bring Space Systems Loral that much closer to launching its own satellite servicing business. SpaceNews.com

The space capsule that returned the United Kingdom's first professional astronaut to the Earth will land on display in London in 2017. Science Museum, London has acquired Tim Peake's Soyuz TMA-19M descent module to inspi...

New observations from a NASA sun-watching spacecraft could help solve a persistent mystery -- why the sun's atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface.

On Dec. 13, 2016, the full moon will be at perigee causing it to look brighter and slightly larger than a usual full moon. This is the third straight month where the full moon can be considered a 'Supermoon."

In "Babylon's Ashes" (Orbit, 2016), the people of Earth, Mars and the asteroid belt deal with the aftermath of a stunning blow from the violent Free Navy, and Capt. James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante take on a de...

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has imaged the martian moon Phobos as part of a second set of test science measurements made since it arrived at the Red Planet on 19 October.

Galaxies are massive collections of stars, gas, and dust (and dark matter, too). They come in four basic shapes: spiral (like our Milky Way), elliptical, peculiar, and irregular. Irregulars are pretty much like the name ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is studying its surroundings and monitoring the environment, rather than driving or using its arm for science, while the rover team diagnoses an issue with a motor that moves the rover's drill...

Analyzing nitrogen levels on Mars could help researchers find evidence of life on the Red Planet, if it ever existed, a new study suggests.

The United States Mint is now between one 'small step' and 'giant leap' closer to striking curved coins for the first moon landing. The House of Representatives voted to pass the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative ...

Cassini zoomed within 57,000 miles (91,000 kilometers) of Saturn's cloud tops on Sunday morning, plunging through the planet's ring plane at about the spot where a faint ring generated by the small moons Janus and Epimet...