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Fifty years ago, an unparalleled team of experts in a mission control center at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston landed the first humans on the Moon. Media are invited to join NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine for...

Breakthrough Listen has just released their latest analysis of the past three years of their SETI research, as well as all the info they collected in that time The post Want to Find Aliens? The Largest Dataset in the His...

Fifty years ago this summer, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took the first steps on the moon. Their "giant leap for mankind" was a venture that could only be accomplished with the might and funding of the U.S....

NASA has selected two new missions to advance our understanding of the Sun and its dynamic effects on space.

One month from today will mark the 50th anniversary of humanity's first steps on the moon -- but 50 years ago today, NASA still had plenty of work to do to make the Apollo 11 mission a success.

The rings of Uranus are invisible to all but the largest telescopes--they weren't even discovered until 1977--but they're surprisingly bright in new heat images of the planet taken by two large telescopes in the high des...

SpaceX is gearing up for the next flight of the company's megarocket, the Falcon Heavy.

The European rocket launch service Arianespace will launch two new communications satellites for Europe today (June 20), and you can watch the liftoff live online.

SpaceX is gearing up for the next flight of the company's megarocket, the Falcon Heavy.

National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO): Summary: Using the both ALMA and the VLT, astronomers have imaged the cold, rock-strewn rings encircling the planet Uranus. Rather than observing the reflected sunlight from t...

Houston, the Oreo moon landing cookies have landed. The limited edition "Marshmallow Moon" Oreos -- and their collectible moon landing-themed stickers -- have begun arriving on store shelves.

Blue Origin has performed the first hotfire test of the engine it plans to use on its Blue Moon lunar lander. SpaceNews.com

Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are building the world's largest digital camera for astronomy and astrophysics--a minivan-sized 3,200-megapixel "eye" of the future Large Syno...

NASA Television coverage is scheduled for an upcoming prelaunch activity and first nighttime launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, which will be carrying four agency technology missions to help improve future spacecraf...

An international team of astronomers has found a new brown dwarf, one of the most massive objects of this type discovered to date. The newly detected brown dwarf, designated EPIC 212036875 b, turns out to be about 50 tim...

Science for the benefit of space exploration does not only happen off planet. While some studies require the weightless isolation of the International Space Station, another location provides the right conditions for inv...

"Comet Interceptor" has been selected as ESA's new fast-class mission in its Cosmic Vision Programme. Comprising three spacecraft, it will be the first to visit a truly pristine comet or other interstellar object that is...

The subsurface ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus probably has higher than previously known concentrations of carbon dioxide and hydrogen and a more Earthlike pH level, possibly providing conditions favorable to life, acco...

Road-trip selfies are a must, especially when you're on your way to another planet.

A new PBS series offers viewers a behind-the-scenes look at observatories and other institutions that are spearheading the latest space discoveries.

Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley addressed a crowd seated beneath the space shuttle Enterprise at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum to discuss his latest book, "American Moonshot."

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will issue some very special stamps to celebrate the first moon landing 50 years ago.