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John Celli retired as president of Space Systems Loral's president June 28, SSL-parent company MDA Corp. announced today. SpaceNews.com

A new study that stemmed from a planetary protection project for NASA and the European Space Agency. It turns out our skin is crawling with single-celled microorganisms -- and they're not just bacteria. A study by the De...

House appropriators introduced a spending bill June 28 that would increase NASA's budget by nearly $800 million above the administration's request, with particular support for the agency's exploration and education progr...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute/AEI) in Potsdam found that hidden dimensions - as predicted by string theory - could influence gravitational waves. In a rece...

The Curiosity Mars Rover is now smart enough to pick its own targets of exploration, thanks to a new piece of software.

What happens when you discover a dinosaur? Paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara details his unearthing of Dreadnoughtus -- a 77-million-year-old sauropod that was as tall as a two-story house and as heavy as a jumbo jet -- an...

A full-size mockup of a Soviet Buran space shuttle is departing Moscow for an exhibition center opening at the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Curious about what's happened to Earth in the Anthropocene age - and what's going to happen in the future? It's not all doom and gloom, as you'll find out from our host, astrobiologist David Grinspoon, author of the new ...

Expedition 52 explored the aging process in space today and measured the lighting conditions on the International Space Station. The crew is also getting spacesuits ready for an upcoming Russian spacewalk....

Canadian researchers are leading an effort to grow crops in space, paving the way for humanity to live on other worlds and push the frontiers on Earth.

(Phys.org)--An international team of astronomers has identified a new extrasolar planet from the data provided by Kepler spacecraft's prolonged mission known as K2. The newly found exoworld, designated EPIC 228735255b, i...

Work on the first 10 satellites formally started Tuesday at an Airbus factory on France, with a goal of having the satellites completed and launched by next April. SpaceNews.com

Wherever you find people, you also find bacteria and other microorganisms. The International Space Station is no exception.

What do the moon, Jupiter and the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history have in common? Exactly 200 years ago they all combined to inspire renowned British Romantic poet Lord Byron in writing "Childe Harold's Pil...

A primer on dark energy, the mysterious force responsible for the universe's surprising accelerating expansion.

SpaceX successfully launched a communications satellite into space using a pre-used first stage rocket booster. Check out these images from the launch.

Since October 2016, a dedicated astrophotographer has lived at the southernmost point on Earth to capture incredible images of the aurora australis, which are caused by solar winds meeting our atmosphere.

More than 700 events are scheduled to take place around the globe for this year's Asteroid Day celebration, as well as a live webcast hosted by physicist Brian Cox.

Gas filaments surrounding stars like the strands of a pompom may be the answer to a 30-year old mystery: why quasars twinkle.

Starting tomorrow, The Galaxy will post a new daily feature culled from cable-news video broadcasts, radio, and print about current and future threats to planet Earth and our fragile, infant technological civilization --...

In our solar system, an asteroid orbits the sun in the opposite direction to the planets. Asteroid 2015 BZ509, also known as Bee-Zed, takes 12 years to make one complete orbit around the sun. This is the same orbital per...

This Sunday (July 2), SpaceX is scheduled to launch its third Falcon 9 rocket in just under 10 days, following launches on June 23 and 25.