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Scientists agree the sun will die in approximately 10 billion years, but they weren't sure what would happen next... until now.

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 10, to discuss select science investigations and technology demonstrations launching on the next Orbital ATK commercial resupply flight to the Internation...

NOAA is soliciting proposals for a second round of a commercial satellite weather data pilot program even as it wraps up the evaluation of the first round. SpaceNews.com

NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor will be available at 8 a.m. EDT Tuesday, May 15, for live satellite interviews one last time before she launches June 6 on her first spaceflight.

According to a new study, one of the greatest health risks posed by missions to the Moon could be the health effects of breathing lunar dust. The post Breathing Lunar Dust Could Give Astronauts Bronchitis and Even Lung C...

The French space agency CNES is creating an investment fund of 80 to 100 million euros ($95 to $119 million) to spur innovation in the space sector. SpaceNews.com

Scientists agree the sun will die in approximately 10 billion years, but they weren't sure what would happen next... until now. A team of international astronomers, including Professor Albert Zijlstra from the University...

The conclusion of a year-long federal investigation into Panasonic Avionics could lay the groundwork for consolidation among satellite-enabled inflight connectivity providers struggling to turn a profit providing Wi-Fi t...

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

Scientists agree the sun will die in approximately 10 billion years, but they weren't sure what would happen next...until now....

Students from Houston area schools who participated in the Genes in Space challenge, will talk to astronauts on the International Space Station during an events hosted by Boeing and Space Center Houston, the official vis...

Scientists and science-fiction writers have long entertained the idea of "terraforming" Mars to make it habitable for humans. But to see examples of terraforming in real life, we need not look any farther than the very s...

Scientists have detected an exoplanet atmosphere that is free of clouds, marking a pivotal breakthrough in the quest for greater understanding of the planets beyond our solar system. An international team of astronomers,...

Alcan Systems, whose name stands for "Adaptive Liquid Crystal ANtenna," is designing phased array antennas to be priced below 10,000 euros for enterprise-grade units and under 1,000 euros for consumer models. SpaceNews.c...

Scientists have detected an exoplanet atmosphere that is free of clouds, marking a pivotal breakthrough in the quest for greater understanding of the planets beyond our solar system.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory:

An astrophysics team explained why the growth of Mars was stunted by an orbital instability among the outer solar system's giant planets in a new study on the evolution of the young solar system. The study builds on the ...

The Alien Observatory: Ancient Stars 6-9 Billion Years Old in Milky Way's Halo --"May Harbor Advanced Civilizations" "Maybe We're Going About It All Wrong" --Behavior of Galaxies and Clusters Don't Fit Predictions of Gen...

Caffau's star, the most metal-poor object known to date and one of the oldest stars in the Milky Way galaxy, turns out to be a dwarf star, according to an analysis of new measurements provided by Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2...

A Defense Department pilot program will gauge how multiple satellite communications system can work together to support the military. SpaceNews.com

A University of Oklahoma astrophysics team explains why the growth of Mars was stunted by an orbital instability among the outer solar system's giant planets in a new study on the evolution of the young solar system. The...

A new experiment designed to detect amino acids on Mars, in spite of the reactive perchlorate in the Martian soil that typically breaks organic compounds down, could fly on a future mission to Mars to help in the search ...