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Technical challenges abound when doing space exploration. Some areas are so remote or isolated that engineers need to build a special purpose-made vehicle to visit them. That is certainly the case for some of the more re...

A new study has shown how machine learning will aid next-generation telescopes in the search for water on exoplanets. The post Machine Learning Will be one of the Best Ways to Identify Habitable Exoplanets appeared first...

NASA's Juno spacecraft beamed back stunning new photos of Jupiter's moons, Io and Europa.

March's equinox comes today, marking the beginning of spring. The days will get longer for the next few months.

Major smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of a similar crash give clues about how frequent these events are around other stars....

A new study takes a look at Von Neumann probes and asks the really important questions: "why would aliens send them?" and, "where might we find them?" The post Why Would an Alien Civilization Send Out Von Neumann Probes?...

Preparing the space station for solar array upgrades, rolling out the spacecraft for our Artemis I mission, and the Webb Space Telescope team reaches another milestone ... a few of the stories to tell you about - This We...

From shells to cell phones, the way we exchange currency is always changing

SpaceX's historic first astronaut launch for NASA is the star of Netflix's "Return to Space" documentary launching April 7.

Venus has had a busy March! Now, the bright planet will be at its greatest distance from the sun tonight (March 20).

The Chinese Zhurong rover landed on Mars in May 2021. (It was 14 May in the United States, but 15 May China.)...

This finely detailed image shows the heart of NGC 1097, a barred spiral galaxy that lies about 48 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Fornax....

With its recent 21st flight complete, the Red Planet rotorcraft is on its way to setting more records during its second year of operations....