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The first meteor to hit Earth from interstellar space -- and the second observed interstellar visitor overall -- may have just been discovered, a new study finds.

Owen Garriott, a Skylab and space shuttle astronaut who was the first to use amateur radio from orbit, has died at the age of 88

A third world lurks in the two-star Kepler-47 system, and it's bigger than its two previously known siblings, a new study reports.

Beresheet, the unlikely lander built with donations to a non-profit group, crashed into the Moon. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a historic accomplishment in its own way. Now SpaceIL, the non-profit behind Beresheet...

It’s hard to believe that MSL Curiosity has been on Mars for almost seven years. But it has, and during that time, the rover has explored Gale Crater and Mt. Sharp, the central peak inside the crater. And while it has ...

Budweiser has brewed a new limited edition beer in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.

Even "responsible" ASAT tests put other space users at risk. SpaceNews.com

A team of researchers from NASA and the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) recently proposed a low-cost mission to explore Neptune's largest moon, Triton. The post NASA Wants to Send a Low-Cost Mission to Explore Neptun...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory:

Aerojet Rocketdyne says it's committed to completing development of the AR1 rocket engine and is seeking potential partners for a new medium-class launch vehicle that could use the engine. SpaceNews.com

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This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog.

Pepsi says it will not pursue plans to advertise its products in space using a Russian startup.

Only a few years ago, the astronomy and heliophysics communities were skeptical about whether CubeSats could reliably obtain scientific data. But these breadloaf-size satellites have proven their ability to return useful...

A mere 17-20 meters across, the Chelyabinsk meteor caused extensive ground damage and numerous injuries when it exploded on impact with Earth's atmosphere in February 2013.

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics:

Researchers have found a piece of a comet -- an object made up of ice and dust -- inside of a space rock known as a stony meteorite.

Former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott has died at his home in Huntsville, Alabama.

Astronomers have discovered a third planet in the Kepler-47 system, securing the system's title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds. Using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, a team of researchers, led...

Astronomers have employed the Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars (MOST) space telescope to conduct a new investigation of the enigmatic variable star 21 Comae whose nature is still widely debated. Results of the ...

Human and robotic exploration image of the week: Luca Parmitano practicing for spacewalk to repair dark-matter hunter

The sun is the brightest object in the sky, and probably the most studied celestial object. Surprisingly, it still hosts mysteries that scientists have been trying to unravel for decades, for example, the origin of coron...