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NASA's Opportunity rover on Mars has been officially pronounced dead. Its amazingly successful mission lasted nearly 15 years, well beyond its initial three-month goal. Opportunity provided the first proof that water onc...

When astronauts in orbit 400 km above our headstake photographs of our planet, they capture much more than pretty pictures. They are looking after the health of our planet and, ultimately, us too.

Star Trek for the next generation.

A harpoon flung from a satellite has successfully captured a piece of pretend space junk, like a whale.

Astronomers think they've found a new clue in their continuing quest to solve one of the most substantial mysteries of the cosmos: where about a third of the universe's matter is hiding.

Moclan gender-based persecution makes a return to "The Orville" in the latest episode 'Deflectors'

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

Nearly a year in space put astronaut Scott Kelly's immune system on high alert and changed the activity of some of his genes compared to his Earth-bound identical twin, researchers said Friday.

We need to tread lightly if we encounter alien ecosystems --

An experimental Air Force small satellite intended to test space situational awareness technologies will be a secondary payload on the upcoming Falcon 9 launch of a commercial communications satellite and lunar lander. S...

Astronomy & Astrophysics publishes the work of researchers from the University of Vienna, who have found a river of stars, a stellar stream in astronomical parlance, covering most of the southern sky. The stream is relat...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

For Valentine's week, Copernicus Sentinel-2 takes us to one of the most romantic destinations in the world: the Maldives

Why did the hominin cross the plain? We may never know. But anthropologists are pretty sure that a smattering of bare footprints preserved in volcanic ash in Laetoli, Tanzania bear witness to an evolutionary milestone. T...

University and high school students from Florida will have an opportunity to talk with a NASA astronaut on the International Space Station next week.

On February 1, 2019 a bright meteor crossed the sky over Cuba in the middle of the day. The phenomenon, which was followed by a smoke trail (a characteristic cloud left by the burn in the atmosphere of a meteoroid) and a...

When astronauts take photographs of our planet while orbiting 400 km above our heads, they are doing much more than just taking pretty pictures. They are looking after the health of our planet and, ultimately, us too.

A radio telescope at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has received a significant upgrade, advancing from one dish to four. The upgrades are part of the Laboratory's ongoing effort to t...

When our planet’s magnetosphere nearly disappeared 565 million years ago, it may have almost taken all life with it --

Astronomers have spent decades looking for something that sounds like it would be hard to miss: about a third of the "normal" matter in the Universe. New results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory may have helped them...

NASA officials announced Thursday (Feb. 14) that the first "task order" for a commercial lunar delivery will likely come out in a month or so -- and that flight is expected to follow in relatively short order.

Section 31 aids in the rescue of an all-important crewmember in the latest episode of "Star Trek: Discovery."