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The space surrounding our planet is full of restless charged particles and roiling electric and magnetic fields, which create waves around Earth. One type of wave, plasmaspheric hiss, is particularly important for removi...

A new study of satellite data finds that numerous volcanic deposits distributed across the surface of the Moon contain unusually high amounts of trapped water compared with surrounding terrains. The finding of water in t...

Ancient volcanic deposits on the moon reveal new evidence about the lunar interior, suggesting it contains substantial amounts of water.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: With the push of a button, final commands for the European Space Agency's LISA Pathfinder mission were beamed to space on July 18, a final goodbye before the spacecraft...

WASHINGTON -- Satellite connectivity provider Speedcast of Australia is buying UltiSat, a U.S. satellite network operator whose teleport is in Denmark, for at least $65 million, Speedcast announced Sunday night. Dependin...

Data from an Indian lunar orbiter hints at substantial water in the lunar interior --

Dark matter is the aptly named unseen material that makes up the bulk of matter in our universe. But what dark matter is made of is a matter of debate.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: As NASA's Cassini spacecraft makes its unprecedented series of weekly dives between Saturn and its rings, scientists are finding -- so far -- that the planet's magnetic...

Dark matter is the aptly named unseen material that makes up the bulk of matter in our universe. But what dark matter is made of is a matter of debate. Scientists have never directly detected dark matter. But over decade...

Newly identified volcanoes may have provided the perfect environment for microbial life-forms to thrive --

Newly identified volcanoes may have provided the perfect environment for microbial lifeforms to thrive --

It's one thing to prepare for the eventuality of warfare in space. It's another to assert that space warfare is inevitable. The task before us isn't just to acquire capabilities to fight, if necessary, but also to preven...

The crew of Expedition 52 wrapped up an intensive week of research on Friday, concentrating on studies in the field of human health and performance....

A new study of satellite data finds that numerous volcanic deposits distributed across the surface of the Moon contain unusually high amounts of trapped water compared with surrounding terrains....

The death of a massive star in a distant galaxy 10 billion years ago created a rare superluminous supernova that astronomers say is one of the most distant ever discovered. The brilliant explosion, more than three times ...

The space surrounding our planet is full of restless charged particles and roiling electric and magnetic fields, which create waves around Earth....

There probably aren't nearly as many giant planets zooming alone through the Milky Way galaxy as scientists had thought, a new study reports.

New results suggest free-floating giant planets are less common than previously believed, but hint at vast numbers of smaller castaway worlds --

The Universe is Governed By Cycles --"LIGO Gravitational Waves Are Signals from the Recurring Birth of the Cosmos" New NASA Alien-Life Search --"1st Probe Since Viking Mission to Search for Actual Living Organisms" The W...

At a meeting last week, Paul Hertz, director of NASA's astrophysics division, said NASA would "welcome" proposals to take over operations of the Spitzer Space Telescope once NASA funding for it ends in 2019. SpaceNews.co...

It may seem that Mars was once a much more exciting planet. True, there are dust storms and possible water-seeps occurring today, but billions of years ago it was a dramatic place with huge volcanoes, a giant canyon syst...

"This is an incredibly exciting discovery. We can clearly conclude that the same breaking of symmetry can be observed in any physical system, whether it occurred at the beginning of the universe or is happening today, ri...