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A new radio wave map of the Milky Way Galaxy is our most detailed yet and will be the basis for further study of the Milky Way for years to come. The post The Most Detailed Map Ever Made of the Milky Way in Radio Waves a...

A new animation released by NASA's Earth Observatory illustrates how ongoing drought is diminishing Cape Town's water supply. The post Watch this Chilling Animation of Capetown’s Water Disappearing appeared first on Un...

Two veteran Russian cosmonaut spacewalkers will venture outside the International Space Station on Friday, Feb. 2, for a planned 6.5-hour station servicing session. Live coverage of the spacewalk will air on NASA Televis...

This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog.

A bread loaf-sized satellite has produced the world's first map of the global distribution of atmospheric ice in the 883-Gigahertz band, an important frequency in the submillimeter wavelength for studying cloud ice and i...

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Thanks to the efforts of an amateur astronomer, the star cluster that was recently revealed by Gaia mission is now visible for all to see! The post The Brightest Star in the Sky, Sirius, was Hiding a Cluster of Stars. Fo...

The nearby dwarf galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a chemically primitive place.

National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO): The nearby dwarf galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a chemically primitive place. Unlike the Milky Way, this semi-spiral collection of a few tens-of-billions ...

Futurist John Michael Godier explores possible alternative SETI messages that may not just say hello. Is there a fundamental flaw in why we have not received a signal from an advanced alien civilization? How do we decode...

When it comes to connecting untold scores of low-power devices across broad expanses, French telecom startup Sigfox is one of the biggest influencers. SpaceNews.com

The existence of large numbers of molecules in winds powered by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies has puzzled astronomers since they were discovered more than a decade ago. Molecules trace the coldest p...

Gen. Selva: "What are you going to do when the enemy knows everything about you simply because they can exploit big data?" SpaceNews.com

Maybe their moms told them nobody likes a showoff. That would explain why many species of chameleon are hiding fluorescent bone bumps on their heads that scientists only just discovered. Chameleons also have independentl...

President Trump's directive is the third time in less than three decades that a president has formally called for a human return to the moon. The two Presidents Bush made similar declarations, 14 and a half years apart, ...

Scientist are probing the possibility that water-based life may have originated without water. Life on early Earth seems to have begun with a paradox: while life needs water as a solvent, the essential chemical backbones...

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has promised to integrate better economic analysis across the commission's work. Orbital debris would be a fine place to start, and the sooner the better. SpaceNews.com

Human Spaceflight and Exploration image of the week: The interior of the Columbus module during prelaunch tests

Expedition 54 is now focusing on Friday's spacewalk to install and remove gear on the Russian side of the International Space Station. This comes after today's spacewalk to work on the Canadarm2 robotic arm was postponed...

In a new video, NASA astronaut and International Space Station Expedition 54/55 crewmember Scott Tingle talks about playing guitar in a rock band and how the experience helped to shape who he is today.

Chinese scientist Guo Huadong on Tuesday published an article on the website of the academic journal, Nature, calling on global scientists to build a digital Silk Road using big data. The ancient Silk Road trade routes c...

Today (Jan. 31), a Blue Moon, supermoon and blood moon coincide to create a rare lunar event not seen in North America in more than 150 years.