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See the Milky Way Galaxy Like Never Before in Stunning 360-Degree View (Video)
A new 360-degree view of the Milky Way allows astronomy buffs to explore the galaxy in a comprehensive new way. Scientists with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have created a zoomable...
Space Sunflower May Help Snap Pictures of Planets
A spacecraft that looks like a giant sunflower might one day be used to acquire images of Earth-like rocky planets around nearby stars.
Incredible Technology: Giant Starshade Could Help Find an Alien Earth
A flower-shaped spacecraft may help scientists see Earth-like alien worlds like never before. Called a 'starshade,' the huge, sunflower-like spacecraft would deploy to its full size in space, blocking the...
You Really Like Us! A Cosmic Thank You to Our 1 Million+ Facebook Fans (Infographic)
Just this week Space.com’s Facebook following surpassed the one million mark.
Doubt cast on evidence for wet Moon
Scientists have cast doubt on a major part of the case for the Moon having once held abundant water.
Historic "Pulse Flow" Brings Water to Parched Colorado River Delta
A binational agreement called Minute 319 brings life to Colorado River Delta after five decades of withdrawal.
Braving perilous Drake Passage to Brazil's Antarctic base
Furious ten-meter waves and icy, tempestuous gales await those intrepid enough to navigate Drake Passage, the crossing from the tip of South America to Antarctica seen by seafarers as one...
How astronauts survive diplomatic tensions in space
While the United States and Russia traded sanctions this week in a burgeoning crisis over Crimea, astronauts from both nations rose above the discord in their sanctuary hundreds of miles...
StratoBus airship prototype targeted within next five years (w/ video)
(Phys.org) —A project that presents a concept of something between drone and satellite is under way. The vehicle is called StratoBus, developed in Europe. The StratoBus will be able to...
Wow! The Most Amazing Images in Science This Week
A few of our favorite images this week are chickens from hell, a space monkey star factory and baby crocs. Check out the rest.
Capturing Comet Halley
Capturing the world's most famous comet from the Florida Keys, Victor Rogus was inspired for a lifetime of astronomy.
The Week In Numbers: The Alcohol Content Of Rocket Fuel, Ripples From The Big Bang, And More
Laser antenna Robert Forward's proposed free-space laser antenna to detect gravity waves from the Crab Nebula. Central satellite of three has laser and beam splitter. Two outer spacecraft have reflectors. Bill Bourne/ Popular...
Spacecraft Returns Seven Particles From Birth of the Solar System
After years of searching, researchers recover tiny bits of the stuff that forms planets and people
High-Tech Telescope 'MUSE' Creates 3D Views of the Universe (Video, Images)
A new telescope tool for peering into the cosmos and creating three-dimensional views of the universe has passed its first major test at a European observatory in Chile's high desert.
Private Space Taxis on Track for 2017 Launch, NASA Says
The four private companies NASA is counting on to develop manned spaceships — Boeing, Blue Origin, Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and SpaceX — are notching the many milestones set by...
NASA Wants $6 Million Worth of Ideas for Grabbing Asteroid
NASA is putting out a formal call for projects that will help robots and astronauts grab an asteroid from deep space and bring it closer to Earth for study.The Broad...
Director of German-Spanish Observatory Resigns Over Funding, Strategy
Medium-sized observatory is struggling to find new role in the era of giant telescopes
New Porn Studies Journal Launches
A new journal devoted to the study of pornography launched today (March 21) with papers about the culture and content of porn. Researchers hope the journal will help pull the...
Astrophysicists Target Mystery of Powerful Particles
University of Chicago astrophysicist Angela Olinto helps to unravel the mystery of high-energy cosmic rays by leading the U.S. collaboration on an international project to deploy an ultraviolet telescope on...
Space History Photo: Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE)
This NASA SR-71 completes its first flight at Dryden Flight Research Center.
Monster Gamma-Ray Burst | Space Wallpaper
This space wallpaper shows an unusually bright gamma-ray burst, which produced a jet that emerged at nearly the speed of light. Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful type of explosions...
Rosetta's instruments come alive
After its near three-year, deep-space hibernation, the comet-chasing Rosetta probe begins testing its science payload.
Scientists drilling the universe to uncover its history
WA scientists are using telescopes to drill holes in the universe to unlock how galaxies have evolved.
NASA 'game-changing' space propellant tank to stay grounded for now
A lighter and stronger "game-changing" tank that could have flown in space in a few years will be tested on the ground only, at least for now, according to the...
What happens when the poles flip?
Have you heard the startling news that the Earth's poles might flip? Perhaps in the response to a close pass from the mysterious Planet X? Are you imagining the entire...
Week in Space: Cassini's Crescent, Cassiopeia's Soul, and Golden Knots
Thrill to the celestial bounty, from falling stars to portraits of Saturn, in this week's best space pictures.
Compact fluorescent bulbs often end up in trash
Compact fluorescent light bulbs containing toxic mercury are either being thrown in the trash or hoarded at home instead of being disposed of properly by most Canadians, a Statistics Canada...
Top 10 cosmological discoveries
The cosmic microwave background radiation has played a part in many of cosmology’s greatest discoveries.