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Terra satellite sees Typhoon In-fa stretching
NASA's Terra satellite flew over Typhoon In-fa on Nov. 23 and imagery showed the storm had become elongated to the northeast.
NASA images: A day on Pluto, a day on Charon
Pluto's day is 6.4 Earth days long. The images were taken by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) and the Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera as the distance between New Horizons...
Sun's 'Invisible' Magnetic Loops Revealed In Ultraviolet Light | Video
Invisible to the naked eye, charged particles spin along magnetic lines above 2 active regions of the Sun in this time lapse video from Nov. 11-12, 2015 when NASA's Solar...
A witness to a wet early Mars
Vast volumes of water once flooded through this deep chasm on Mars that connects the ‘Grand Canyon’ of the Solar System – Valles Marineris – to the planet’s northern lowlands.
NASA takes flight with research on air traffic controller workloads
Computer Science undergrad Andrew Wallace has some ideas for managing congested national air space, and NASA likes what they've seen so far from him.
BG, Shell merger one step closer to completion
Daniel J. GraeberTHE HAGUE, Netherlands, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The planned acquisition of BG Group is one step closer to completion after clearing Australian anti-trust authorities, Royal Dutch Shell announced.
Mercury fulminate, Hg(CNO)2
Michael Freemantle examines the explosive history and chemistry of mercury fulminate
International Space Station suffers short circuit
The International Space Station has taken a power hit, and spacewalking repairs may be needed. First, though, a replacement part must be delivered via rocket.
October 2015 smashes global heat record by 'incredible amount'
This October blew away previous records to become the hottest ever recorded, giving a boost to predictions that this year will be 'an all-time record-breaker' when it comes to the...
Pluto Goes Psychedelic in Brilliant New Photo
Pluto's the prettiest dwarf planet at the party in this new, brilliantly colored image recently released by NASA.
U.S. Agencies Agree: October Was Crazy Warm
NOAA and NASA said October had the biggest temperature departure of any month in 100-plus years.
How Physics is Accelerating Modern Medicine - Live Webcast
On Dec. 2, scientist Paul Schaffer will explore in a live webcast how particle accelerators are being used to advance the field of nuclear medicine.
There are six quintillion gallons of water hiding in the Earth's crust
Most of us think of the water cycle as something that occurs above ground -- water falls from the sky, evaporates back into the atmosphere and then condenses into rain...
Leonid meteor shower 2015: Watch it live, right here
The annual Leonid meteor shower is expected to peak late Tuesday and early Wednesday, and you can watch it live, right here. Beginning at 5 p.m., astronomy website Slooh.com...
A black hole in action
Space Science Image of the Week: Galaxy Hercules A reveals its spectacular jets
IceCube Detects Particles From Beyond Our Solar System
Jörg Wiedenmann The IceCube telescope sits inside a cubic kilometer of ice a mile beneath the South Pole. Its 5,000-plus light sensors detect subatomic particles called neutrinos—100,000 of them...
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NASA Teams With Universities to Prep Robots for Space
Two university groups have been selected to upgrade NASA robots that could one day help humans explore deep space and perhaps even Mars.
Earth-like planet may be not so hospitable after all, thanks to blasts of radiation
Huge solar flares likely make the distant orb uninhabitable
Arecibo Observatory faces uncertain future as boss quits
Robert Kerr resigns following clash over funding historic facility in Puerto Rico
Best Space Photos of the Week – Nov. 15, 2015
From a gorgeous photo of the Milky Way to a spectacular sunrise taken from the ISS, don't miss these amazing space images.
Best Space Stories of the Week – Nov. 14, 2015
Pulsars, dwarf planets and alien worlds break records, a strange space object falls from the sky and Pluto's moons get weird — this is Space.com's top stories of the week.
Mars Rover Finds Rich Mineral Stew in Fractured Rock
Chemical analysis by NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity indicates that water made several repeat appearances to create the rich mineral veins at a site called “Garden City” in the lower part...
Wild, History-Making Comet Landing By Philae Probe Recreated in Video
The new video, which the European Space Agency (ESA) released last week, reconstructs history's first-ever soft touchdown on a comet, which was performed by the Rosetta mission's Philae lander on...
Exoplanet's Global Winds Let Rip at 5,400 MPH
A windy day on HD 189733b is nothing to take lightly.
Bulova to Sell Replica of Astronaut's Watch Worn on the Moon
A replica of the only privately-owned watch worn by an astronaut on the moon's surface will soon go on sale for much less than the astronomical price tag that the...
Blue Origin Plans to Begin Commercial Suborbital Research Flights in 2016
Blue Origin expects to start launching commercial payloads on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle by the middle of next year, hoping to reinvigorate interest in flying experiments on such vehicles.
Where Will the 1st Astronauts on Mars Land?
The ideal Red Planet crewed site should be of high scientific value — allowing pioneers to search for signs of Mars life and investigate other intriguing questions — and also...