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As exciting as SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch was, we should remember that the wonders of space, with its "billions and billions" of planets and stars, are not exclusive domain of a few billionaires.

An insurance company paid Astro Digital's claim for the loss of two cubesats sent into orbit on a Russian Soyuz rocket after the Earth imaging and analysis company proved the failure stemmed from a launch problem, accord...

Three new studies have been released based on Juno data that have revealed new things about Jupiter's atmospheric bands and interior. The post Jupiter’s Atmospheric Bands Go Surprisingly Deep appeared first on Universe...

"These astonishing science results are yet another example of Jupiter's curve balls, and a testimony to the value of exploring the unknown from a new perspective with next-generation instruments.Juno's unique orbit and e...

Minerals locked in clays burnt by ancient African farmers reveal the history of Earth's magnetic field.

Russia could soon be able to conduct nuclear strikes all over the world without any chance of being intercepted. Here's how we got to this point.

We have no idea what's behind these weird incidents because we're not investigating. As with Sputnik, the national security implications of these incidents are concerning -- but the scientific opportunities are thrilling...

We have no idea what's behind these weird incidents because we're not investigating. As with Sputnik, the national security implications of these incidents are concerning -- but the scientific opportunities are thrilling...

We humans have come a long way in the past 100,000 years. We've developed more complex societies, vastly increased our populations, literally taken over the world (and may have mated with a few Neanderthals along the way...

"Cosmos" host and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson recently shot down the ideas of anyone out there who still thinks the Earth is flat.

President Donald Trump offered praise for the U.S. commercial space industry in comments March 8 that appeared to cement previous policy on the issue rather than create new policy.

Anna Fox, a seventh-grader from Virginia Beach Middle School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, was named as the grand prize winner of Langley Research Center's Student Art Contest....

Exoplanet hunters are moving beyond simply finding new planets into trying to know what they look like and whether there's surface or subsurface activity. --