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The discovery of seven exoplanets around a star 40 light years from our Sun has raised the possibility that they could harbour life.

A NASA study now underway to examine the prospects of flying a crew on the first Space Launch System launch will constrain its evaluation to missions that can be flown by the end of 2019, agency officials said Feb. 24. S...

Inside NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland the James Webb Space Telescope team completed the environmental portion of vibration testing and prepared for the acoustic test on the telescope.

What would it be like to live in the TRAPPIST-1 system, which is home to seven Earth-sized planets that could potentially support life?

NASA is weighing the risk of adding astronauts to the first flight of its new megarocket, designed to eventually send crews to Mars.

Before going public with their plans to merge, Canada's MDA Corp. and DigitalGlobe were already working together on a next-generation imaging constellation that can revisit some locations on Earth up to 40 times in a day...

NASA held a hastily-arranged 30 minute media briefing this afternoon on the surprise plan to put a crew on the very first SLS mission.This plan was semi-officially announced last week....

30 years ago today, a supernova explosion was spotted in the southern hemisphere skies. The exploding star was located in the Large Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way - and Supernova 1987A was the b...

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A new feature length documentary about the NASA team that guided the early astronauts into space and onto the moon is set launch into movie theaters. "Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo" from Haviland Digital w...

World View Enterprises, a private company that plans to sell balloon rides to the edge of space, has announced the grand opening of its new headquarters and a conjoined spaceport.

The two companies developing commercial crew vehicles are confident that they will be ready to start carrying astronauts in 2018 despite a recent report that concluded delays into 2019 were likely.

A NASA authorization bill passed by the Senate Feb. 17 would require NASA to reexamine the feasibility of using the Orion spacecraft to transport crews to and from the International Space Station.

Supersonic passenger airplanes are another step closer to reality as NASA and Lockheed Martin begin the first high-speed wind tunnel tests for the Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) X-plane preliminary design at NASA's...

The company will use the facility to build balloons that will fly in the stratosphere to carry imaging, communications or other payloads. SpaceNews.com

Jupiter's swirling, stormy atmosphere looks absolutely mesmerizing in a new time-lapse animation created by a group of amateur space photographers.

Our week through the lens: 20-24 February 2017

Astronomer Remy Indebetouw explains what has occured in the observations of the exploded star since its discovery in 1987.

Three decades ago, astronomers spotted one of the brightest exploding stars in more than 400 years. The titanic supernova, called Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), blazed with the power of 100 million suns for several months f...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory:

A storied NASA launchpad hosted a dazzling pyrotechnic display as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket roared to life on Sunday morning (Feb. 19), sending nearly 5,500 lbs. (2,500 kilograms) of cargo on a journey to the Internationa...

Three decades ago, a massive stellar explosion sent shockwaves not only through space but also through the astronomical community....