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If you ask yourself what the biggest threat to human existence is you'd probably think of nuclear war, global warming or a large-scale pandemic disease. But assuming we can overcome such challenges, are we really safe?

NASA is now building the rover that it hopes will bring back signs of life on the Red Planet --

The company said "a confidential government customer" has purchased the first two satellites of its OptiSAR system. SpaceNews.com

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SpaceX was able to celebrate a successful return to flight this week with a picture-perfect launch of the Falcon 9 rocket on January 14, 2017 that successfully delivered a fleet of ten advanced Iridium NEXT mobile voice ...

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) will be the new chairman of the Senate subcommittee responsible for military space issues, the Senate Armed Services Committee announced Jan. 18. SpaceNews.com

Ten atomic clocks have failed onboard the European Union's Galileo navigation satellites, casting doubt on when the unfinished constellation's next batch of spacecraft will be orbited. SpaceNews.com

The reality of Climate Change has become painfully apparent in recent years, thanks to extended droughts in places like California, diminishing water tables around the world, rising tides, and coastal storms of increasin...

On July 4th, NASA Television aired live coverage of the solar-powered Juno spacecraft's arrival at Jupiter after an almost five-year journey. Juno is the first spacecraft to orbit the poles of our solar system's most mas...

Christer Fuglesang, a veteran of five spacewalks and a professor of particle physics, will present a five-week online course on human spaceflight beginning on 23 January....

Astronomers have discovered a cosmic one-two punch unlike any ever seen before. Two of the most powerful phenomena in the Universe, a supermassive black hole, and the collision of giant galaxy clusters, have combined to ...

Astronomers have discovered a cosmic one-two punch unlike any ever seen before. Two of the most powerful phenomena in the Universe, a supermassive black hole, and the collision of giant galaxy clusters, have combined to ...

NASA's ambition to send astronauts to Mars comes alive in an interactive exhibit opening at Space Center Houston. The new "Mission Mars" exhibit invites guests to step onto Mars at the official visitor center for the Joh...

Following a successful pair of spacewalks, the Expedition 50 crew has switched gears and is moving full-speed ahead with advanced space research. The orbital residents checked out science gear and studied the impacts of ...

China is moving quickly to solidify its lead in the world's digital arms race. Last year, the country unveiled the world's fastest supercomputer, the Sunway TaihuLight (above). This year, according to state news agency X...

NASA's Ames Research Center News and Features:

If you needed any more proof that SpaceX is back after last weekend's successful rocket launch, look no more.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

An online relationship between 16-year-old Gardner (Asa Butterfield) and Tulsa (Britt Robertson) buds into a romance across two worlds. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the film. It premieres on February 3, 2017.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

When I saw the image above, I literally gasped. It's an amazing photo, showing the small moon Daphnis inside a gap in Saturn's rings. The beauty of this shot is apparent, but the science behind it is even cooler. Allow m...