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The space probe has shown us how complex and dynamic the rings truly are --

A new study led by researchers from the Carnegie Institute of Science indicates that TRAPPIST-1 could also be orbited by gas giants The post New Study Claims that TRAPPIST-1 Could Also Have Gas Giants appeared first on U...

Today's science tasks included an inspection on an advanced microscope and readying a magnetic field experiment. The crew also worked on a failed electrical device that was robotically transferred to the Kibo laboratory ...

The discovery of boron on Mars, a key ingredient in the emergence of organic molecules, has bolstered the case for Martian life having once existed The post Detection of Mineral on Mars Bolstered Argument that Mars was O...

The discovery of boron on Mars, a key ingredient in the emergence of organic molecules, has bolstered the case for Martian life having once existed The post Detection of Mineral on Mars Bolsters Argument that Mars was On...

The chief executive of Virgin Galactic said Sept. 7 that the company's second suborbital spaceplane was "at the edge" of beginning powered test flights, after at least one more glide flight. SpaceNews.com

With former U.S. Air Force officials demanding more time for the service to prove it is on track with space development, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) continued to argue Sept. 7 the time is now to create a Space Corps, ...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: This set of magnified, cropped images shows NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft (highlighted in red) as it approaches Earth for its Sept. 22 Earth Gravity Assist. To improve visibility, the i...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare skyshow when NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft 'sling-shots' its way over Australian skies on September 23.

NOAA satellites have been capturing imagery of the storms since they were developing in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. International Space Station cameras were also used to record Hurricane Irma.

Hurricane Irma appears strikingly large in a new video while Hurricane Jose strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane, and Hurricane Katia continues to grow as all three storms travel westward. See the latest view.

Once each year in the fall, Mercury moves into favorable position to be seen in the morning twilight sky; during this 10-day time frame, the so-called "elusive planet" is not so elusive to see.

Syfy's "Killjoys," which finished its third season on TV Sept. 1, has been renewed for a final two seasons of space-bounty-hunter action. "Dark Matter," which also just finished its third season, has been canceled after ...

Australian researchers said that Mount Erebus, an active volcano on Antarctica's Ross Island, is surrounded by caves hollowed out in the ice by steam. Soil samples retrieved from the caves have revealed intriguing traces...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Like firecrackers lighting up the sky on New Year's Eve, the majestic spiral arms of NGC 5559 are alight with new stars being born. NGC 5559 is a spiral galaxy, with spiral arms filled...

As the Cassini spacecraft nears the end of a long journey rich with scientific and technical accomplishments, it is already having a powerful influence on future exploration. In revealing that Saturn's moon Enceladus has...

Our week through the lens: 4-8 September 2017

A group of scientists from Queen's University Belfast and the Max Planck Institute for solar system Research in Germany have turned exoplanet-hunting on its head, in a study that instead looks at how an alien observer mi...

Last week, 5-km asteroid Florence paid Earth a visit--and, using the advanced features of Unistellar's eVscope, we were able to observe it from a location just outside of San Francisco. This, our first attempt to image a...

If you still have your solar viewing glasses from the eclipse, now is a good time to slap them on and look up at the sun. You'll see two big dark areas visible on our star. These massive sunspots are regions of intense a...

A historic exploration of the ringed planet, unprecedented in magnitude and spectacle, comes to an end --

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will get three times closer to its next flyby target than it got to Pluto back in July 2015, if all goes according to plan.