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A recently discovered solitary ice volcano on the dwarf planet Ceres may have some hidden older siblings, say scientists who have tested a likely way such mountains of icy rock - called cryovolcanoes - might disappear ov...

(Phys.org)--A combined team of researchers from several institutions in Japan has found evidence that suggests Pluto's distinctive red spot may have developed after a massive collision with a comet or other object. In th...

The former NASA administrator said the Trump administration "seems to be curtailing the availability of valuable data to decision makers." SpaceNews.com

Northwestern University researchers studying the gut bacteria of Scott and Mark Kelly, NASA astronauts and identical twin brothers, as part of a unique human study have found that changes to certain gut "bugs" occur in s...

The Missile Defense Agency is awarding the company an additional $345 million for its THAAD program. SpaceNews.com

The company will continue to support its GPS 2A and 2F satellites in orbit. SpaceNews.com

A Martian meteorite that landed in Africa in 2012 has confirmed that Martian volcanic activity lasted 3 billion years or longer. The post Meteorite Confirms 2 Billion Years of Volcanic Activity on Mars appeared first on ...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

Cohu Experience, a Finnish startup aimed at encouraging public participation in the burgeoning commercial space industry, launched a crowdfunding campaign Feb. 2 for the Space Nation Astronaut Training Program. SpaceNews...

NASA is in Washington state to test a new aircraft technology that could help airlines reduce air traffic delays and air traffic controller workloads. Media are invited to learn about the new software during an in-flight...

The mosaic was generated from 32 individual orbit 'strips' captured between 2004 and 2010, and covers an area of around a million square kilometres....

Here are guidelines for watching the Aug. 21, 2017 total solar eclipse, including when it is safe to remove your eclipse glasses.

A recently discovered solitary ice volcano on the dwarf planet Ceres may have some hidden older siblings, say scientists who have tested a likely way such mountains of icy rock -- called cryovolcanoes -- might disappear ...

Portals connecting far-distant regions of the universe may not be just the stuff of science fiction, but they probably couldn't be used for interstellar travel --

As football fans make their way to Houston for the Super Bowl, NASA is offering a quick way to reach the 50 yard line at the game -- by "dropping in" from Mars. NASA partnered with the Houston Host Committee to present F...

A pair of NASA astronauts on the International Space Station called down to Houston today as the city gets ready to host Super Bowl LI on Sunday. Johnson Space Center officials, media and visitors gathered at Space Cente...

A small asteroid will pass between Earth and the moon today (Feb. 2), only a couple days after astronomers first discovered it. It's one of many small asteroids that have recently sped past the planet, and one of three f...

A ~39 foot asteroid (2017 BS32) will fly within 101,000 miles of Earth on Feb. 2nd, 2017. Asteroids 2017 BH30 and 2017 BX have also flown between the Earth and the moon since January 24.

It is difficult to find black holes, because they are completely black. In some cases black holes cause effects which can be seen. For example if a black hole has a companion star, gas streaming into the black hole piles...

Cassini's camera was pointing toward Mimas and the image was taken using the CL1 and GRN filters....

Sure, this Superbowl Sunday brings with it the promise of sacks, fumbles and tackles... but have you ever seen the Moon run down a star in the end zone? Just such an event, termed as an occultation happens this weekend f...

"These results show ancient Venus may have been a very different place than it is today," siad Michael Way, a researcher at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. Venus today is a hellish world. I...