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A portion of the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan and its snow-capped mountains are pictured with the tip of one of the International Space Station's main solar arrays in the foreground....

Designers of Europe's light-lift Vega rocket are creating a slew of new products intended to lure prospective customers away from India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and to fend off the coming wave of launch startups ...

In October, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to the scientists who discovered gravitational waves in 2015. It was an appropriate decision--not only because the merit of their work spanned light-years, but also beca...

While 2017 included several astronomical highlights, the Great American Solar Eclipse of Aug. 21 stands out as the biggest skywatching event of the year, if not all time.

IG report: United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, and ULA subcontractor Aerojet Rocketdyne "did not perform adequate quality assurance management of the EELV program."

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has given the world a belated Christmas gift: a stunning view of Saturn's Enceladus moon silhouetted against the planet's glistening rings.

Images from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico show a massive space rock's close approach to Earth on Dec. 16.

Being able to identify microbes in real time aboard the International Space Station, without having to send them back to Earth for identification first, would be revolutionary for the world of microbiology and space expl...

An advanced space engine in the running at NASA to propel humans to Mars has broken the records for operating current, power and thrust for a device of its kind, known as a Hall Thruster, one of three Mars engine...   ...

This week's link to 10 headline stories from around the world on the threats, opportunities, and dangers facing our fragile planet --along with an occasional dash of humor, popular culture, and an intriguing conspiracy t...

Spanish astronomers have identified a new carbon-rich ultra metal-poor unevolved star in the halo of the Milky Way galaxy. The newly found star, designated J0815+4729, could be the most iron-poor unevolved star known to ...

The Kremlin says authorities are looking into recent failures in Russia's space industry.

A secret Pentagon UFO program is only the most recent in decades of work by the U.S. government looking into the unexplained. Below is a list of many of the government's programs, as well as a mention of countries that a...

Solar system researchers reveal their thoughts about Trump's plan to visit the moon before sending humans to Mars.

The probe’s 2019 encounter with the icy object 2014 MU69 could reveal multiple lunar companions --

What is a tholus? A tholus is a type of small mountain. These images show such a feature on dwarf planet Ceres called Kwanzaa Tholus. Kwanzaa, meaning "first fruits" in Swahili, is an African-American festival based on a...

American Girl's 2018 Girl of the Year is Luciana Vega, an astronaut reaching for the stars. See the STEM doll up close in these awesome photos!

An 11-year-old who dreams of being the first person to fly to Mars has been revealed as American Girl's 2018 Girl of the Year.

The sun spilled its secrets to citizen-scientists during the Great American Solar Eclipse.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy megarocket was rolled out on the launchpad today (Dec. 28), as the company prepares for the rocket's maiden flight, which is scheduled for next month.

From a historic midsummer total solar eclipse that swept across the United States to wonderful evening apparitions of Venus and Saturn to great performances by two of the best annual meteor showers, 2017 has been a good ...