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Mission controllers have a better understanding of the problem that cropped up recently with the Mars rover Curiosity's drill, but a fix remains elusive.

What happens when a spacecraft in Mars orbit dies of old age? Well, there'd better be a plan to replace it.

Saturn's moon Mimas looks suspiciously like the Death Star, a colossal planet-destroying space weapon that terrorizes a galaxy far, far away...

Wheeler announced Thursday that Jan. 20 -- inauguration day -- will mark his final day at the helm of the telecom regulatory agency. SpaceNews.com

'Hidden Figures' hits theaters in limited release on December 25, 2016 and opens wide on January 6, 2017.

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NASA successfully launched eight small satellites that will provide scientists with advanced technology to see inside tropical storms and hurricanes like never before....

Elon Musk, the founder and chief executive of SpaceX, has joined a group created by President-elect Trump to provide advice on the economy for the incoming administration. SpaceNews.com

Many of the rocket and space flight enthusiasts I know are also car buffs. If you fit into that category, here's an opportunity you won't want to miss: a chance to own the car that New Horizons principal investigator Ala...

A long-delayed European satellite navigation system went live on Thursday, promising to outperform US and Russian rivals while boosting regional technology and innovation.

A view of our dinner table. Very roomy, as people can also float above! Other than the wall color, I couldn't have picked a nicer kitchen...

Initially designed for the US military, satellite geolocation systems today power countless civilian applications, from car satnavs to browsing for shopping on mobile phones.

The Alps in the evening light: the shadows accentuate the valleys and summits. Are you going skiing this year? ;)...

(Weizmann Institute of Science) The brightest flash of light in the cosmos could be a rare event involving a star and a supermassive black hole.

Eight satellites were air-launched by an Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket after it was dropped from an L-1011 carrier plane. The satellites will monitor winds above the ocean.

Proba-V - ESA's smallest Earth-observing mission - overflies Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, its peak seen left of centre in this false-colour image....

ESA's Rosetta completed its incredible mission on 30 September, collecting unprecedented images and data right until the moment of contact with the comet's surface.

A rocket fired from a jet plane Thursday (Dec. 15) to launch NASA's latest Earth-observing mission, an 8-satellite mission to study hurricanes like never before.

After 17 years and numerous setbacks and budget boosts, Europe's Galileo satnav system is due to go live on Thursday with promises of better-than-ever location services.

(International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA)) Statistical analysis of mini-spiral galaxies shows an unexpected interaction between dark matter and ordinary matter. According to the SISSA study recently published in ...

NASA launched eight mini-satellites Thursday morning to measure surface wind deep in the heart of hurricanes.