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The House Rules Committee did not accept an amendment submitted by Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) for a defense appropriations bill that would have blocked the Air Force from spending any money creating a Space Corps. SpaceNew...

A well earned glass can loosen your thinking until you feel able to pierce the mysteries of life, death, love and identity. In moments like these, alcohol and the cosmic can seem intimately entwined.

The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft that will launch three new crew members to the International Space Station has rolled out to its launch pad in Kazakhstan....

An appropriations bill approved by a Senate committee July 27 would restore funding for several NASA Earth science missions slated for termination by the administration as well as a satellite servicing program. SpaceNews...

America is preparing for a sea-to-shining-sea solar eclipse. Here’s how you can watch the spectacular display, and maybe even snap a photo to commemorate the event, without burning your retinas... --

A decision by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to allow the use of Thales FlytLive aeronautical terminals opens the market to a fourth competitive reseller in what is currently the largest regional inflight con...

In May of 2016, when Mars was making its closest pass to Earth in over a decade, Hubble captured images that were used to make a time-lapse video of Phobos popping out from behind Mars. The post Hubble Sees Tiny Phobos O...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: Steps forward in the search for life beyond Earth can be as simple as sending a balloon into the sky. In one of the most unique and extensive eclipse observation campai...

NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) awarded approximately $1.8 million in new cooperative agreements to three Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) across the United States.

At the instant the moon's shadow darkens the Oregon coast on the morning of Aug. 21, a scientific relay race will kick off with Bruce and Ryan Alder at the head of the pack.

For some skywatchers, the upcoming total solar eclipse is an opportunity to duplicate one of the most famous experiments of the 20th century.

More than eight months after launching to Earth orbit, record-breaking NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is still having a blast.

The search for life elsewhere in the universe is one of the most compelling aspects of modern science.

For hundreds of years, artists have incorporated the spectacular sight of an eclipse into their paintings.

Iran successfully launched its most advanced satellite-carrying rocket into space, the country's state media reported on Thursday, in what is likely the most significant step yet for the launch vehicle.

Chinese scientists create biggest virtual universe with world's fastest computer, dwarfed Switzerland's record set only last month, will help researchers in their efforts to unlock the secrets of the cosmos. China expert...

"The Right Stuff" is being adapted as a new multi-season series for National Geographic by Appian Way and Leonardo DiCaprio. The series will feature a space mission each season.

Cassini data points to Titan as a contender for hosting some sort of primitive life, researchers say --

A new comet discovery crept up on us this past weekend, one that should be visible for northern hemisphere observers soon. The discovery: We're talking about Comet C/2017 O1 ASAS-SN, a long period comet currently visitin...

Watch a replay of the Vita mission liftoff on 28 July

The gravitational dance between two galaxies in our local neighbourhood has led to intriguing visual features in both as witnessed in this new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The tiny NGC 1510 and its colossal nei...

"Given how much of the matter out of which we formed may have come from other galaxies, we could consider ourselves space travelers or extragalactic immigrants," said Daniel Anglés-Alcázar, a postdoctoral fellow in Nor...