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An Arianespace Vega rocket launched the Mohammed 6-B satellite for Morocco the evening of Nov. 20, placing the satellite in the same orbit as its twin satellite Mohammed 6-A that launched a year ago, also on a Vega rocke...

They say there's more than one way to skin an interstellar cat, and in astronomy there's more than one way to find alien exoplanets orbiting a distant star. With the recent shut-down of NASA's prolific Kepler mission and...

A new study led by ANU has investigated the nature of a cosmic phenomenon that slows down star formation, which helps to ensure the universe is a place where life can emerge.

Media accreditation is open for SpaceX's Demo-1 uncrewed flight test to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Arianespace has launched a Vega rocket to deliver an Earth observation satellite into orbit for the Kingdom of Morocco.

Astronauts venturing deep into space could receive medical treatments using 3D-printed skin, bone and - one day - entire organs, according to a leading group of 3D bioprinting experts who gathered at ESA's technical hear...

Every school kid knows that Earth has a magnetic field - it's what makes compasses align north-south and lets us navigate the oceans. It also protects the atmosphere, and thus life, from the sun's powerful wind.

The International Space Station turned 20 years old today with the launch of the first element, the Zarya module, occurring on Nov. 20, 1998....

NASA has set Jan. 7 as the date for the launch of the first commercial crew test flight, an uncrewed SpaceX Dragon spacecraft that will start a series of high-stakes missions over the next year. SpaceNews.com

Jezero crater is the landing spot for NASA’s upcoming 2020 rover. The crater is a rich geological site, and the 45 km wide (28 mile) impact crater contains at least five different types of rock that the rover will samp...

Scientists now have a second example of a strange stellar phenomenon speculatively linked to extraterrestrial intelligence in 2015 --

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

California's Camp Fire has been one of the state's most destructive. This animation uses data from different Copernicus Sentinels to show the spread of aerosols and smoke

A vision of a future moon base that could be produced and maintained using 3-D printing.

A new timepiece beams a spotlight on the life of an Apollo astronaut who landed on the moon 49 years ago.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

The technology-focused extension of the Pangaea geology field course, Pangaea-X, is in full swing this week on Lanzarote, part of the Canary Islands. The test campaign combines geology and space exploration with high-tec...

Not all stars are like the sun, so not all planetary systems can be studied with the same expectations. New research from a University of Washington-led team of astronomers gives updated climate models for the seven plan...

Since the very first module Zarya launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 20 November 1998, the International Space Station has delivered a whole new perspective on this planet we call home. Join us as we celebrate 20 years...

Arianespace has launched a Vega rocket to deliver an Earth observation satellite into orbit for the Kingdom of Morocco.

Mars and Earth are like two siblings who have grown apart.