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Using data provided by the Dawn probe, which now orbits between Ceres and the Sun (at opposition), NASA has created a new movie of the protoplanet The post Dawn Gets Right in Between the Sun and Ceres and Takes this Vide...

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According to a series of simulations conducted by scientists from the University of Exeter and the Met Office, it is possible that Proxima b is indeed habitable The post Could the Closest Extrasolar Planet Be Habitable? ...

Our Cold War history is now offering scientists a chance to better understand the complex space system that surrounds us. Space weather--which can include changes in Earth's magnetic environment--are usually triggered by...

Utah students will speak with NASA astronauts living and working aboard the International Space Station at 12:40 p.m. EDT Friday, May 19. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the agency...

Today's Google Doodle honors an intricate and mysterious astronomical computer found at the bottom of the Aegean Sea aboard a Roman cargo ship in 1902.

The last vestiges of an ancient volcano are visible from orbit.

Artificial intelligence (AI) wreaks havoc over the science fiction world once again in Alien: Covenant. Ridley Scott and actor Michael Fassbender talk to science journalist Tereza Pultarova about the pros and cons of dev...

China Great Wall Industry Corp. has clinched a contract with an Indonesian joint venture to build a replacement for a satellite that is running out of fuel early due to an underperformed Long March launch. SpaceNews.com

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Pointing the way to augmented reality in space

Before Kirk, Spock and the Enterprise there was Discovery.

The joint venture of Airbus and Safran was created in 2015 as part of a reorganization of the European launch vehicle industry. SpaceNews.com

Deciphering the star formation history of a galaxy from its spectrum is one of the most challenging tasks in astronomy. "Fado" derives from the Latin "Fatum," which means fate or destiny. Each galaxy has a fado--a narrat...

A creative director obsessed with design and space exploration has launched a campaign to bring a "galactic greeting card" from billions of miles out into space back to Earth -- by producing and offering exact replicas.

Operations image of the week: On this day in 1968, Europe's ESRO-2B satellite became the first mission controlled from what is today ESA's European Space Operations Centre

The spectacle of a mammoth rocket 'breaking the surly bonds of Earth' takes our breath away. Equally amazing are the secrets revealed to us by science missions these rockets have launched - and NASA puts careful thought ...

Soviet cosmonaut Viktor Gorbatko, a colleague of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, died Wednesday at the age of 82, Russia's space agency said.

NASA's plans to send humans to Mars by the 2030s could depend on whether lawmakers set a clear objective and timeline for the mission, according to some of the people involved in that pursuit.

In real life, the actors who star in "Alien: Covenant" -- Ridley Scott's new installment in the "Alien" film saga -- don't seem all that excited about venturing into the final frontier.

Former NASA astronaut and Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and gave a speech about his dreams for human exploration of Mars during a ceremony here at the historic immigration site...

On May 13, 2017, Patrick Wiggins, public outreach educator for the University of Utah's Department of Physics & Astronomy, and NASA solar system ambassador to Utah, spotted something unusual in the sky. He was looking at...

When Rocket Lab's small satellite launcher blasts off from New Zealand next week on its debut test flight, it will be more than just the Electron rocket that is on trial.