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NASA's Dawn spacecraft is preparing to observe Ceres on April 29 from an "opposition" position, directly between the dwarf planet's mysterious Occator Crater and the sun. This unique geometry may yield new insights about...

Cassini is in the "Grand Finale" of its mission, with 22 approaches planned before a dive into the planet's atmosphere. SpaceNews.com

Holden Crater was once filled by at least two different lakes. The sediments deposited in those lakes are relatively light-toned where exposed, as seen in this observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter....

The U.S. Postal Service is going all out for this summer's total solar eclipse, with a first-of-its kind stamp.

Breakthrough Listen, the most ambitious SETI program in history, just released an analysis of their first year of data, which contains 11 events that a high degree of significance. The post Breakthrough Listen Publishes ...

American remote sensing startups want to stay in the United States, but they must plan for overseas operations due to uncertainty in the regulatory approval process. SpaceNews.com

A variety of new space technologies are emerging in the U.S. space industry, and policymakers should look for ways to facilitate this innovation and make these technologies more accessible to civil, commercial, and milit...

The most barren regions known are the far-flung corners of intergalactic space. In these vast expanses between the galaxies there is just one solitary atom per cubic meter--a diffuse haze of hydrogen gas left over from t...

Max Planck Institute for Astronomy: Astronomers believe that matter in intergalactic space is distributed in a vast network of interconnected filamentary structures known as the cosmic web. Nearly all the atoms in the Un...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft dove between Saturn and its rings yesterday (April 26), snapping the closest-ever views of Saturn's atmosphere.

Amino acids act as building blocks for life, and scientists are subjecting them to extreme conditions in order to identify what it takes for them to survive on other planets.

Sellers was dedicated to drawing attention to our planet's changing climate and seeking technical solutions to limit humanity's impact.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft is back in contact with Earth after its successful first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings on April 26, 2017. The spacecraft is in the process of beaming b...

NASA has imparted new definition to the old adage "what goes up must come down," presenting two high-def firsts: producing the first live 4K video from space and returning the space station's first ultra-high def camera ...

Scientists have discovered a new planet with the mass of Earth, orbiting its star at the same distance that we orbit our sun. The planet is likely far too cold to be habitable for life as we know it, however,...     ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft is back in contact with Earth after its successful first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings on April 26, 2017....

When the conditions are just right, some tropical storms will fire off terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, which are some of the highest-energy light flashes naturally produced on Earth.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft's 'Grand Finale' has begun with the first of 22 planned dives between the Saturn's innermost rings and the planet itself.

Operations image of the week: The engineering model of ESA's new cubesat gets connected to an innovative ground control system for the first time

A new NASA study is challenging a long-held theory that tsunamis form and acquire their energy mostly from vertical movement of the seafloor....

Large and small scale solar eruptions might all be triggered by a single process, according to new research that leads to better understanding of the Sun's activity. Researchers at Durham University, UK, and NASA's Godda...

For decades, we could only imagine what the view of Pluto's surface might be. Now, we have the real thing.