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All over the world, some truly groundbreaking telescopes are being built that will usher in a new age of astronomy. Sites include the mountain of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, Australia, South Africa, southwestern China, and the ...

Stellar variability has long offered insights into stars' physical properties. The star Mira (Omicron Ceti), for example, was so-named in 1596 by Dutch astronomers who were amazed by its miraculous brightening because of...

(DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory) Astrophysicists have long wondered how cosmic magnetic fields fields are produced, sustained, and magnified. PPPL scientists have shown that plasma turbulence might be responsibl...

Astronomers have found what could be one of the universe's oldest stars, a body almost entirely made of materials spewed from the Big Bang.

NASA Kennedy Space Center: NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor photographed 'Dragoon' lettuce growing in a 'plant pillow' on Oct. 30. If all goes well, the lettuce will be ready to enjoy in time for Thanksgiving. NA...

A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics indicates that exoplanets with too much water or too much landmass may not be a good place to look for life. The post Exoplanets Will Need Both Continents ...

As the U.S. Federal Communications Commission prepares to vote on satellite constellations from four companies in mid-November, another satellite operator is reducing the size of its proposed constellation. SpaceNews.com

The Pentagon wants to stand up a Space Development Agency that presumably would take over space projects like Blackjack. SpaceNews.com

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

Resonating oscillations of a planet's atmosphere caused by gravitational tides and heating from its star could prevent a planet's rotation from steadily slowing over time, according to new research by Caleb Scharf, who i...

Chinese astronomers report new findings regarding the central region of a nearby galaxy known as NGC 3319. The researchers found an active intermediate-mass black hole candidate residing in the center of this galaxy. The...

To really study something, you want to reach out and touch it. But what can you do if you’re separated by a huge distance? You reach out with electromagnetic or sound waves and watch how they bounce back. Thanks to rad...

If extraterrestrial intelligence exists somewhere in our galaxy, a new MIT study proposes that laser technology on Earth could, in principle, be fashioned into something of a planetary porch light--a beacon strong enough...

With liftoff set for 7 November, the latest MetOp weather satellite has been rolled out to the launch pad and positioned on the Soyuz rocket for its ride into space from French Guiana.

This image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), shows a patch of space filled with galaxies of all shapes, colors and sizes, many of which belong to the galaxy cluster SDSS J0952+...

The presence of water on Mars has been theorized for centuries. Early telescopes revealed ice caps, and early astronomers noted channels that were hypothesized to be natural rivers or creature-created canals.

As the Northern hemisphere starts to feel the cold winter approaching, research stations in Antarctica are emerging from their long dark winter and awaiting the arrival of fresh supplies after living months in isolation....

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk says he supports the concept of establishing a separate Space Force.

Ice that forms at a speed faster than sound could be ripping life on alien planets to shreds before it even has a chance to get going.

A Luxembourg government official said Nov. 4 that he doesn't think there will be any changes to the country's commercial space initiatives as a result of a recent parliamentary election there. SpaceNews.com

A bumper sticker from Wapakoneta, Ohio, advertising the city as the hometown of the "First Man to Step on the Moon" was among the least expensive items from Neil Armstrong's collection offered by Heritage Auctions.

Space Science Image of the Week: Hubble's view of the most intense aurora ever seen on ice giant Uranus