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Pointing the Very Large Array (VLA) at a famous galaxy for the first time in two decades, a team of astronomers got a big surprise, finding that a bright new object had appeared near the galaxy's core. The object, the sc...

An instrument originally developed to search for organic molecules on Mars is being repurposed to potentially hunt for life on a handful of moons in the outer solar system that appear to host oceans, geysers and vents of...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL - In a moving ceremony, a pair of veteran NASA astronauts - Michael Foale and Ellen Ochoa - who once flew together on a space shuttle mission, were inducted into the U. S. Astrona...

"To our surprise, we found a prominent new feature near the galaxy's nucleus that did not appear in any previous published images. This new feature is bright enough that we definitely would have seen it in the earlier im...

A new study by a team of researchers from Monash University argues that gravitational waves may permanently alter the fabric of spacetime. The post Do Gravitational Waves Permanently Alter the Nature of Spacetime? appear...

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates told investors May 23 that its pending acquisition of geospatial imagery and services provider DigitalGlobe will help offset the revenue peaks and valleys of MDA's satellite manufacturi...

On Monday, August 21, 2017, there’s going to be a total eclipse of the Sun, visible to path that goes right through the middle of the United States. You should be making plans to see this, and we’re here to help you ...

The White House's fiscal year 2018 budget proposal seeks to cancel five NASA Earth science projects and confirms plans to shut down the agency's education office as part of more than $560 million in cuts from 2017. Space...

This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog.

Similar to the lockstep "dance" between Jupiter and its moons, the "orbital resonance" of the outermost planets of ultra cool dwarf star system can predict orbital periods. Learn more about it.

The following is a statement from NASA acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot on the Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal released Tuesday.

Starting at 1:30 p.m. EDT, NASA's social media team will take visitors behind the scenes for a virtual tour of NASA and a look at the cutting-edge work here and on humanity's destiny in deep space. These Facebook Live ev...

Orbital resonances reveal the Earth-size world circles its star every 19 days --

After struggling for years to be recognized for his controversial scientific ideas, Albert Einstein finally reaches science celebrity status in Chapter 5 of "Genius," which airs tonight on the National Geographic Channel...

Wind conditions at the New Zealand launch site subsided, but the company said concerns about static electric charges led them to postpone the launch. SpaceNews.com

NASA astronauts sped through an urgent spacewalk this morning (May 23) to replace a malfunctioning computer relay box outside the International Space Station.

Scientists have known since the early 1970s that the inner parts of the Milky Way galaxy are a strong source of gamma-rays, indicating the existence of antimatter, but there had been no settled view on where the antimatt...

(Phys.org)--Using gravitational microlensing, astronomers have recently found a binary star composed of two brown dwarfs. The newly discovered system is the third brown-dwarf binary detected with this technique. The find...

Astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer are getting ready for a contingency spacewalk Tuesday morning. Whitson and Fischer are set to begin the spacewalk at 8 a.m. Tuesday for about two hours of maintenance work. NASA ...

Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano exploring places no human could go with robotic drone

Leland Melvin, the NFL football player turned NASA astronaut, now spends his days inspiring women and minorities to pursue careers in STEAM fields.

Makers Men "highlights a select group of men who have taken concrete actions to help make the world a more equal place for women," according to the shows producers. The NASA astronaut fits the bill.