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The Multi-Purpose Laboratory Module, also known as Nauka, was originally set to be added to the ISS in 2007. SpaceNews.com

One of our planet's few exposed lava lakes is changing, and artificial intelligence is helping NASA understand how....

Astronomers have uncovered a supermassive black hole that has been propelled out of the center of a distant galaxy by what could be the awesome power of gravitational waves....

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NASA has selected a science mission that will measure emissions from the interstellar medium, which is the cosmic material found between stars.

Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency concluded their spacewalk at 1:58 p.m. EDT....

A French and an American astronaut floated outside the International Space Station Friday on a successful spacewalk to upgrade the orbiting outpost for the arrival of future space crews.

The billion-solar-mass object is the largest runaway black hole ever seen --

Extreme space weather has a global footprint and the potential to damage critical infrastructure on the ground and in space. A new report from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) calls for bridging know...

Two astronauts are getting the Quest airlock and their equipment ready for a Friday morning spacewalk. The cosmonauts continued their human research program today exploring the various affects of living in space....

The new science-fiction thriller "Life" focuses on the discovery of alien life from Mars that might not be so nice, so what's in this box the folks behind the movie sent Space.com?

ESA's Copernicus Sentinel-2a satellite captured imagery of the area in January 2016. 'Earth from Space' host Kelsea Brennan-Wessels explains.

The commercial space industry is on the cusp of a new era in satellite performance. In the past two years, multiple commercial satellite operators have begun launching high-throughput satellite (HTS) constellations. Spac...

The year 2016 was one for the record books, at least when it comes to the weather. Last year had the highest global temperature in modern history and extremely high levels of carbon dioxide and sea level rise.

The fairy-tale-inspired "Gremlin" program aims to launch and retrieve drones in midair.

Astronomers have uncovered a supermassive black hole that has been propelled out of the center of a distant galaxy by what could be the awesome power of gravitational waves. Though there have been several other suspected...

During an almost two-week search, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission team activated the spacecraft's MapCam imager and scanned part of the surrounding space for elusive Earth-Trojan asteroids--objects that scientists believe may ...

The location of newfound water-ice deposits on Ceres are linked to wild swings in the dwarf planet's tilt over the eons, a new study suggests.

New findings from ESA's magnetic field Swarm mission were the highlight of ESA's science conference in Canada

Our week through the lens: 20-24 March 2017

A surprising new class of X-ray pulsating variable stars has been discovered by a team of American and Canadian astronomers led by Villanova University's Scott Engle and Edward Guinan. Part of the Villanova Secret Lives ...