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The Hubble Space Telescope has given us a beautiful image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7773. This is a classic galaxy of this type, and highlights the bright bar of concentrated stars that anchors the galaxy’s state...

If astronomers want to learn about how supermassive black holes form, they have to start small--really small, astronomically speaking.

This summer is chock-full of incredible space-themed events, as the nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of Neil A. Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin taking humanity's first steps on the moon.

A plume of mud from the depths of dwarf planet Ceres may have created the miniature world's highest mountain, a new study reveals — marking the first time scientists have discovered such a plume in the solar system.

A new analysis of Planck mission data has provided no new insights into the anomalies it detected, leaving the door open for wild theories! The post New observations from the Planck mission don’t resolve anomalies like...

Mysterious rare meteorites made of a mix of stone and iron likely formed when Vesta, the brightest asteroid in the sky, experienced a giant impact, a new study finds.

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

HASC Chairman Adam Smith: "We have an agreement on an amendment" to create a space force or space corps. SpaceNews.com

Craig Clark, chief strategy officer at ...AC Clyde, said the company is hiring more staff this year to support a backlog of smallsat business for customers who are finalizing decisions on what spacecraft they want. Space...

Smith's mark does not disrupt the LSP schedule and only directs some changes to the rules of the competition. SpaceNews.com

CI Tau b is a paradoxical planet, but new research about its mass, brightness and the carbon monoxide in its atmosphere is starting to answer questions about how a planet so large could have formed around a star that's o...

Scientists may need to rethink their estimates for how many planets outside our solar system could host a rich diversity of life.

We all know that interstellar flights, far away from the spectacular sights of planets and moons, need a little entertainment. Enter: flying hippos.

A luggage company with a lunar legacy is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.

University of Michigan Astronomy Department:

Newly-built planet-finding instrument installed on Very Large Telescope, Chile, begins 100-hour observation of nearby stars Alpha Centauri A and B, aiming to be first to directly image a habitable exoplanet

A mysterious large mass of material has been discovered beneath the largest crater in our solar system--the Moon's South Pole-Aitken basin--and may contain metal from the asteroid that crashed into the Moon and formed th...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:

Under construction on a remote ridge in the Chilean Andes, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will boast the world's largest digital camera, helping researchers detect objects at the solar system's edge and gain ...

Whenever scientists announce an upcoming close encounter with an asteroid, certain corners of the internet light up like the synaptic rush that accompanies a meth binge, with panicky headlines shouted straight from the b...

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has made some impressive feats in recent years. Roughly one year ago, and following in the footsteps of its predecessor, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully rendezvoused...

Most people get a health boost from exercise. But for those with heart disease or a lung condition such as asthma, exercising during periods of high urban air pollution can exacerbate rather than improve their condition.