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A solid metallic core nearly as large as Earth's might be lurking deep within the solar system's smallest planet.

A research team in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology has developed new concept of fire extinguisher optimized for space-use; named Vacuum Extinguish Method (VEM)....

The first type of molecule that ever formed in the universe has been detected in space for the first time, after decades of searching....

It takes a rich and diverse set of complex molecules for things like stars, galaxies, planets and lifeforms like us to exist. But before humans and all the complex molecules we’re made of could exist, there had to be t...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Goldfein: 'Our goal is to prevent and deter conflict' SpaceNews.com

The long-awaited, crowdfunded 'DS9' documentary will screen on May 13.

SpaceX has pushed back the launch of its next robotic resupply mission to the International Space Station by four days, to April 30.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said the hearing was an "opportunity to continue to gather facts and to fully explore the proposal."

Rocket Lab is preparing to launch in late April or early May three U.S. military satellites including the Army Harbinger mission, a test to show whether an inexpensive commercial satellite equipped with a synthetic apert...

A slower, thoughtful episode beautifully observes and parodies human behavior in "The Orville" season's penultimate episode.

For six decades, NASA has used the vantage point of space to better understand our home planet and improve lives. A new interactive website called Space for U.S. highlights some of the many ways that NASA's Earth observa...

The huge team behind the Event Horizon Telescope already made news with their first image of a black hole. But they've got bigger ambitions.

It sure looks that way.

Our week through the lens: 15 - 19 April 2019

This morning, Northrop Grumman Corp's Cygnus spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station to drop off thousands of pounds of cargo for the crew.

A Mainer who's headed to the International Space Station says she's always dreamed of being in space and "seeing this giant blue ball below me."

A private cargo ship brought the makings of an Easter feast to the International Space Station on Friday, along with mice and little flying robots.

Virgin Galactic's chief pilot believes the company will be able to go through the remainder of its SpaceShipTwo test program fairly quickly once test flights of the suborbital spaceplane resume. SpaceNews.com

"Such Sweet Sorrow - Part II" provides few clues to where 'Discovery' will go next.

Scientists want your help studying black holes -- and you can do it from your own home!

Jerrie Cobb, the first woman to pass all the same preflight tests as NASA's seven Mercury astronauts, has died.

Four years after he orbited the moon alone during humanity's first lunar landing mission, Michael Collins brought everyone back on Earth along for the ride.