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New research explains how bubbles erupt in frigid hydrocarbon lakes on Saturn's largest moon Titan, potentially creating fizz intense enough to form geologic features on the moon.

A surprising analysis of the composition of gas giant exoplanets and their host stars shows that there isn't a strong correlation between their compositions when it comes to elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, acc...

Scolese said China is a top concern: "They are putting spacecraft up very quickly and we have to stay ahead." SpaceNews.com

A Cornell senior has come up with a way to discern life on exoplanets loitering in other cosmic neighborhoods: a spectral field guide.

Astronomers discovered a Neptune-sized planet orbiting an Earth-sized star. The white dwarf star is making the planet lose some 260 million tons of material every day.

Thales Alenia Space received a contract from Egyptian satellite operator NileSat to build a new geostationary communications satellite. SpaceNews.com

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano just completed the second round of tests where he remotely-controlled a rover on Earth from the ISS. The post Luca Parmitano Takes the Wheel and Test Drives a Rover From Space. appeared first...

The daring mission’s first results reveal surprises about the solar wind --

SpaceX has delayed its delivery to the International Space Station because of dangerous wind gusts.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is just days away from selecting the site where the spacecraft will snag a sample from asteroid Bennu. After a lengthy and challenging process, the team is finally ready to down-select from the ...

In August 2018, NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched to space, soon becoming the closest-ever spacecraft to the Sun. With cutting-edge scientific instruments to measure the environment around the spacecraft, Parker Solar P...

Initial data from the Parker Solar Probe offer a promising look at how the mission may unravel the sun's corona and solar wind.

The first satellite built by students in Mexico for launch from the International Space Station is smaller than a shoebox but represents a big step for its builders.

The first science results are in from NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which has flown faster and closer to the sun than any other human-made object in history.

For the first time ever, astronomers have spotted evidence of a planet circling a superdense stellar corpse known as a white dwarf, a new study reports.

Researchers using ESO's Very Large Telescope have, for the first time, found evidence of a giant planet associated with a white dwarf star. The planet orbits the hot white dwarf, the remnant of a Sun-like star, at close ...

A year ago, NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any satellite in history, collecting a spectacular trove of data from the very edge of the sun's million-degree corona.

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The Expedition 61 crew aboard the International Space Station is focusing on a pair of upcoming cargo deliveries after completing a spacewalk on Monday....

An international group of scientists, including Andrey Savelyev, associate professor of the Institute of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Information Technologies of the IKBFU, has improved a computer program that ...

The Sun is revealing itself in dramatic detail and shedding light on how other stars may form and behave throughout the universe - all thanks to NASA's Parker Solar Probe.