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Fleets of autonomous satellites to coordinate tasks among themselves
Space missions have long benefited from some autonomous operations being carried out aboard spacecraft, but with a sharp increase expected in the number of satellites being launched in the next...
The Space We Travel Through
Video Length: 4:06As NASA prepares to send astronauts and spacecraft long distances through space, scientists are keeping an eye on the weather. Space weather. Read this story Video Links: The Space We Travel Through...
Van Allen Probes prepare for final descent into Earth's atmosphere
Two tough, resilient NASA spacecraft have been orbiting Earth for the past six and a half years, flying repeatedly through a hazardous zone of charged particles known as the Van...
Astronomers Find Fossils of Early Universe Stuffed in Milky Way's Bulge
Some of the oldest stars in the universe are hiding out in the Milky Way’s muffin top.
Kuiper Belt dust may be in our atmosphere (and NASA labs) right now
Bits of space debris that collect in Earth’s atmosphere may come from as far as the cold, distant Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune.
India Tests Anti-Satellite Weapon
The Indian government announced March 27 it successfully fired a ground-based anti-satellite weapon against a satellite in low Earth orbit.
Astronomers investigate supermassive black hole in the radio galaxy PKS 2251+11
Italian astronomers have conducted an X-ray analysis of the accreting supermassive black hole in the broad line radio galaxy PKS 2251+11 as part of a study aimed at investigating the...
'Russian Doll' star Charlie Barnett joins cast of Netflix's 'You' Season 2
Charlie Barnett of "Russian Doll" fame has signed on to star in Season 2 of Netflix drama series, "You."
US aims for humans on Moon in five years
Vice-President Mike Pence says he wants Nasa to return astronauts to the Moon within five years.
GRAVITY instrument breaks new ground in exoplanet imaging
The GRAVITY instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has made the first direct observation of an exoplanet using optical interferometry. This method revealed a complex exoplanetary atmosphere with...
NASA must land astronauts on moon within 5 years, U.S. vice president says
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has called for landing astronauts on the moon within five years, an accelerated pace that would aim to put Americans on the lunar south pole.
Fleets of autonomous satellites to coordinate tasks among themselves
Space missions have long benefited from some autonomous operations being carried out aboard spacecraft, but with a sharp increase expected in the number of satellites being launched in the next...
India shoots down satellite in test, Modi hails arrival as space power
India shot down one of its satellites in space with an anti-satellite missile on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, hailing the country's first test of such technology as a...
Narendra Modi: India now a 'space power' after shooting down satellite
India successfully shot down a low-orbit satellite, making the country an "established space power," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a surprise speech Wednesday.
Anti-North Korea group: Raid on embassy in Spain ‘not an attack’
An anti-Pyongyang group confirmed it was behind the February raid at the North Korean Embassy in Madrid.
Google Street View Takes the Armchair Explorer to Mars (Actually, the Canadian Arctic)
Now you can explore one of the most Mars-like places on Earth from the comfort of your own home, thanks to a new partnership between Google and the NASA Haughton-Mars...
Israeli Moon Lander Captures Sunrise and Stretches Its Legs on Lunar Trip (Video)
A robotic lander in space just shot an astounding video of lunar sunrise as it zooms toward the moon.
US Is in a New Space Race with China and Russia, VP Pence Says
The United States' goal of putting astronauts on the moon by 2024 is motivated at least in part by a desire to defeat Russia and China, Vice President Mike Pence...
Asteroid Strikes May Have Made Mars a More Life-Friendly Place
Asteroid impacts may have helped make Mars a more life-friendly place — and not just by delivering water and the carbon-based building blocks of life as we know it to...
Pakistan urges no militarization of space after India downs satellite
Pakistan issued a call against military threats in outer space on Wednesday, hours after India said it had shot down one of its own satellites in a demonstration of its...
GRAVITY instrument breaks new ground in exoplanet imaging
The GRAVITY instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has made the first direct observation of an exoplanet using optical interferometry. This method revealed a complex exoplanetary atmosphere with...
India shoots down own satellite; PM hails India's arrival as 'space power'
India shot down one of its satellites in space with an anti-satellite missile on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, hailing the country's first test of such technology as a...
Modi: India an 'established space power' after shooting down satellite
India successfully shot down a low-orbit satellite, making the country an "established space power," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a surprise speech Wednesday.
Hubble Telescope Reveals What 200 Billion Stars Look Like
Two incredible new images from the Hubble Space Telescope show galaxies in all their shining glory.
India shoots down satellite, joining space superpowers: Modi
India said Wednesday it shot down a low-orbiting satellite in a missile test that proved the nation was among the world's most advanced space superpowers.
Fatal U.S.-Mexico border crossings featured in Michigan toe-tag exhibit
A new University of Michigan art exhibit uses toe tags from corpses found at the Arizona-Mexico border as a graphic reminder that crossing borders claims lives.
20,000 in the dark after lightning strike knocks out Fort Lauderdale power station
Tens of thousands of Fort Lauderdale residents were without power Tuesday night after a lightning strike set fire to a Florida Power and Light substation.
In hunt for life, astronomers identify most promising stars
NASA's new Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is designed to ferret out habitable exoplanets, but with hundreds of thousands of sunlike and smaller stars in its camera views, which of...