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For centuries, scientists have worked to understand the makeup of Jupiter....

Paul Spudis, a planetary scientist who devoted his career to both the study of the moon and initiatives to return humans there, passed away Aug. 29. SpaceNews.com

This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his Next Big Future blog.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

The longtime director of NASA's Earth science division, who in recent years provided a steadying hand amid budget concerns while seeking to take advantage of new capabilities, will retire from the agency next February. S...

With its latest flyby of Jupiter, the Juno mission took more pictures with its JunoCam, which citizen scientists have once again processed to create a breathtaking image of the planet's atmosphere. The post Another Juno ...

Crew determines leak is in Russian segment of orbiting laboratory --

NASA astronaut Anne McClain, along with her crewmates, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, will discuss their upcoming mission to the International S...

GOCE (pronounced go-chay), the Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer, was one of ESA's most remarkable missions. Operating in the lowest-ever orbit of any Earth observation satellite, GOCE was on the ...

Hubble Space Telescope News:

As the saying goes, everything old is new again. While the common phrase often refers to fashion, design, or technology, scientists at the University of New Hampshire have found there is some truth to this mantra even wh...

With a boldness that hearkens back to the original Apollo missions, "The First," a near-future dramatic series starring Sean Penn, will tell the story of the hopeful first humans to land on Mars.

New research by College of Charleston physics and astronomy professor Chris Fragile may help scientists discover more about intermediate mass black holes and the activities surrounding them.

Astronauts aren't in any danger, NASA said.

The International Space Station crew on Thursday was repairing a small "leak" most likely caused by a collision with a small meteorite, the head of the Russian space agency said, adding the incident presented no danger.

Why we are probably the only intelligent life in the galaxy --

How the presence of oxygen and other disequilibrium gases could signpost life.

This week, NASA's Jim Green is joined by Melinda Kahre, who manages the Mars Climate Modeling Center at NASA's Ames Research Center and is an expert in Martian dust storms.

Close encounters with medium-size black holes can reanimate dead stars, if only momentarily, a new study suggests.

Six months after NASA last picked up a signal from a long-lost spacecraft, engineers have been unable to re-establish communications with the satellite.

Mercury has been devoid of human-built companions since April 2015, and while the next spacecraft bound for the innermost planet launches in October, it won't arrive until 2025.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station spent part of their day today (Aug. 30) fixing a tiny air leak in the facility.