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Brown dwarfs, the larger cousins of giant planets, undergo atmospheric changes from cloudy to cloudless as they age and cool. A team of astronomers led by Carnegie's Jonathan Gagné measured for the first time the temper...

It's amazing what a difference a little water can make. The Moon formed between about 4.4 and 4.5 billion years ago when an object collided with the still-forming proto-Earth. This impact created a hot and partially vapo...

Three astronauts face a bitterly cold homecoming after nearly six months aboard the International Space Station.

This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Gadi Eidelheit at his The Venus Transit blog.

Boeing and Northrop Grumman initially had been expected to compete the rocket motor work between Orbital and Aerojet. With Orbital under Northrop Grumman ownership, that type of competition would not be possible. SpaceNe...

A new survey performed by the SHoES team using Hubble has confirmed that the Universe is in an accelerated rate of expansion. The post Precise New Measurements From Hubble Confirm the Accelerating Expansion of the Univer...

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A new 'Galaxy' feature: each day we'll offer a selection of the web's most interesting and popular space and science news headlines. Top Space & Science Headlines "Alien Minds" --'Artificial Intelligence Is Already Out T...

A red Tesla convertible hitched a ride to space with a SpaceX rocket in early February, bringing with it what may be the largest load of earthly bacteria to ever enter space.

Researchers at the University of Vienna have spent the last five years recreating the predicted conditions of Enceladus's subsurface ocean in the lab. They designed experiments with temperatures, pressures, pH levels, an...

Humanity may need look no further than our own Solar System in the search for alien life, researchers probing one of Saturn's moons said Tuesday.

Engineers from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have patented a flash memory storage system that allows satellites to collect and store vast amounts of data for later transmission to ground stations.

Uranus is the coldest planet in the solar system.

Uranus has 27 known moons discovered through telescopes as well as the Voyager 2 mission to the planet in 1986.

The distance to Uranus from Earth is more than a billion miles.

Discovered in 1781, the seventh planet was destined to cause snickers whenever someone says its name.

Uranus is one of two ice giants in the outer solar system.

Feb. 28 marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Gunnerside, and though it hasn't yet been 100 years, the memory of this successful Norwegian mission remains strong both within Norway and beyond. Memorialized in movies, b...

The blue color of Uranus is caused by methane.

Astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin returned to Earth after spending 168 days aboard the International Space Station. Russia's Soyuz MS-06 landed the Expedition 54 crew mates on the s...

It's amazing what a difference a little water can make. The Moon formed between about 4.4 and 4.5 billion years ago when an object collided with the still-forming proto-Earth. This impact created a hot and partially vapo...

Europe shivers as a cold front sweeps in from Siberia, Russia, bringing freezing temperatures to the continent. This chilly snap is being dubbed as the Beast from the East.