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Space exploration and "Star Trek" fans take note: Now may be your only chance to own an artifact from the real-life intersection of a NASA space mission and Capt. Kirk. William Shatner is auctioning his action figure flo...

A new type of "space fabric", which closely resembles chainmail, could revolutionize the way spaceships and space components are manufactured. The post NASA’s Space Chainmail to Give Astronauts the Edge in Space Duels ...

"As we improve our understanding of ancient Earth and the history of our solar system, perhaps we may someday uncover evidence that suggests the activity of another technological civilization right here in our neighborho...

The Central Bureau of Investigation said it's planning to charge G. Madhavan Nair, former ISRO chairman, and two other ISRO officials. SpaceNews.com

As NASA's Cassini spacecraft prepares to shoot the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings for the second time in its Grand Finale, Cassini engineers are delighted, while ring scientists are puzzled, that the region appe...

NASA's flying observatory, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, recently completed a detailed study of a nearby planetary system....

NJIT has a long-established reputation as a leader in researching phenomena originating on the star closest to Earth--the Sun. NJIT's optical telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory and radio telescope array at Owens Val...

The next wave of missions creates communications challenges for NASA's Deep Space Network SpaceNews.com

Australia's state-owned National Broadband Network company has placed a satellite originally meant to be a spare into service to keep pace with ramping user demand, and says it has solved around 80 percent of the service...

Enjoy the wonder of seeing bits of Halley's Comet rain down as the Eta Aquariid meteors Saturday morning. The post Comet Halley Plays Bit Part In Weekend Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower appeared first on Universe Today.

NASA's SOFIA aircraft, a 747 loaded with a 2.5-meter telescope in the back and stripped of most creature comforts in the front, took a big U-turn over the Pacific west of Mexico.

While we're searching the Universe for evidence of life, we should consider places in our own Solar System where ancient civilizations might have left an impact. The post Where Should We Look For Ancient Civilizations in...

Combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory with radio observations and computer simulations, an international team of scientists has discovered a vast wave of hot gas in the nearby Perseus galaxy cluster. Spann...

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When the WFIRST observatory comes online in the mid 2020s, it will take images 100 times larger than the Hubble. The post Rise Of The Super Telescopes: The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope appeared first on Universe ...

Welcome, come in to the 507th Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers, who submit their best work each week for your benefit. I’m Susie Murph, part of the team...

It appears that Elizabeth Shaw did survive after the events of "Prometheus," the most recent film of the "Alien" franchise, according to a creepy new trailer previewing "Alien: Covenant."

Currently in the evening sky, the dominant planet is Jupiter, which shines brilliantly in the east to southeast as darkness falls.

After NASA announced in February the discovery of a solar system with seven planets--three of which were deemed potentially habitable--U of Chicago postdoctoral scholar Sebastiaan Krijt began wondering: If a life form ex...

With its testing at Goddard Space Flight Center completed, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope embarks for further testing in Texas before its 2018 launch --

Today: OsteoOmics Investigation: In preparation for OsteoOmic investigation activities planned this week, the crew configured OsteoOmics hardware and the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG), reviewed procedures, conferre...

A mysterious gamma-ray glow at the center of the Milky Way is most likely caused by pulsars - the incredibly dense, rapidly spinning cores of collapsed ancient stars that were up to 30 times more massive than the sun. Th...