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For almost 10 years, astronomers have been studying a mysterious diffuse radiation coming from the centre of our galaxy. Originally, it was thought that this radiation could originate from the elusive dark matter particl...

A research team led by astronomers from the National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, have discovered the most lithium-rich giant ever known to date, with lithium abundance 3,000 t...

A special device aboard the International Space Station has produced Bose-Einstein condensates in space for the first time ever.

At the heart of current theorizing about consciousness in philosophy is the hard problem of consciousness, a puzzle raised by the philosopher David Chalmers. Cognitive science says that the brain is an information proces...

LOGAN, Utah — Terran Orbital raised $36 million from investors, including Lockheed Martin, Beach Point Capital managed funds, Goldman Sachs, the company announced Aug. 8. With the new funding, Terran Orbital plans to e...

As NASA nears the launch of its Parker Solar Probe, the agency will host a series of media briefings beginning Wednesday, Aug. 8. These briefings, as well as special programs, the launch on Saturday, Aug. 11, and a postl...

NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 8, to announce new public-private partnerships that will develop commercial space capabilities and benefit future NASA exploration missions.

...AC Clyde, the company being formed by Sweden's ...AC Microtec and Scotland's Clyde Space, plans to expand through acquisition and to stake a claim in the United States. SpaceNews.com

Astronauts named to the first commercial crew flights, using Earth science data to benefit society, and California wildfires seen from space ... a few of the stories to tell you about - This Week at NASA....

Robotic flight controllers released the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station's robotic arm at 12:38 p.m. EDT, and Expedition 56 Serena Auñon-Chancellor of NASA is monitoring its departure....

A rogue, planet-size object 20 light-years away from Earth has stunned astronomers with its incredibly powerful magnetic field.

An incredible 28 years after "The Next Generation" finished its television run, star Patrick Stewart announced he will reprise his role as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard in a new CBS series.

NASA has selected PAE-SGT Partners LLC (PSP) of Arlington, Virginia, to provide institutional support services at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and NASA facilities at its neighboring Cape Canaveral Air For...

"During the rise of mammals, Earth's temperatures spiked in a scary way that the planet may experience again soon. They were strange days at the beginning of the age of mammals. The planet was still hungover from the ast...

Next time you eat a blueberry (or chocolate chip) muffin consider what happened to the blueberries in the batter as it was baked. The blueberries started off all squished together, but as the muffin expanded they started...

The birthplace of NASA's rockets lies in the land of cotton, hundreds of miles from Cape Canaveral's launch pads.

The technology could improve future precision light sources. But right now the biggest surprise is how many holes there are in a laser figure-eight.

"Now that we know that the Earth is a latecomer, and believe the foundations of life have the power to take hold quickly, Fermi's paradox is more puzzling than ever. In the evocative words of physicist Adrian Kent: It's ...

Homo Naledi, Newly Discovered Species --"Maybe We've Had the Story of Human Evolution Wrong the Whole Time" Stephen Hawking's Great Question --"Why Isn't the Milky Way Crawling With Mechanical or Biological Life?" "Alien...

GW170817 is the name given to a gravitational wave signal seen by the LIGO and Virgo detectors on 17 August 2017. Lasting for about 100 seconds, the signal was produced by the merger of two neutron stars. The observation...

German astronomers have conducted a study of the central bulge of the Andromeda galaxy and analyzed its stellar populations. The research could improve our understanding of the bulge's structure and formation history. Re...

Loft Orbital, a startup that raised $3.2 million last year to run a satellite fleet for people who want to put payloads in space but not operate them, has announced a team of 21 partners to build, launch and communicate ...