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Graves of Twin Moon Probes Spotted by NASA Spacecraft
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has photographed the tiny craters made by the Grail moon probes.
Sequester Fallout: Senior NASA Officials Miss Planetary Science Conference
NASA science chief John Grunsfeld and planetary division head Jim Green turned to Skype due to budget cuts.
Northern Lights: Amazing Aurora Photos of 2013
See photos of amazing auroras taken by SPACE.com readers in 2013.
Sun Fires CME Past Comet Pan-STARRS From Spacecraft's Viewpoint | Video
The Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) witnessed super-heated particles emitted from a coronal mass ejection appear to fly-by the comet. But the comet and the CME did not actually cross...
Google Maps views of Earth's highest mountains
Stunning panoramas from four of the Seven Summits, including Everest and Kilimanjaro now featured on Google Maps
Famous supernova reveals clues about crucial cosmic distance markers
A new study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory points to the origin of a famous supernova. This supernova, discovered in 1604 by Johannes Kepler, belongs to an important...
NASA Spies Leaping Lunar Dust
Electrically charged lunar dust near shadowed craters can get lofted above the surface and jump over the shadowed region, bouncing back and forth between sunlit areas on opposite sides, according...
Sequester Takes Bite Out of NASA Employees' Travel
NASA employees will have to miss many of their usual conferences.
ESA seeks help with robot spacecraft
The European Space Agency is turning to owners of terrestrial robot aircraft to aid those that journey into space.
Hubble gazes on one ring to rule them all
Galaxies can take many forms -- elliptical blobs, swirling spiral arms, bulges, and disks are all known components of the wide range of galaxies we have observed using telescopes like...
Space History Photo: Odyssey On Deck
The prime recovery ship hoists the Apollo 13 Command Module aboard the ship.
What glows green in space?
While a quest for green beer in space would be difficult, we're happy to report there are other ways you can celebrate Saint Patrick's Day while looking at the night...
Auroras + Moon Mesmerize Skywatchers In Sweden | Time-Lapse Video
Chad Blakley (lightsoverlapland.com) captured imagery of the powerful geomagnetic storm over Abisko National Park on March 17th, 2013. The Moon, light cloud cover and dancing auroras made for quite a...
Kepler team identifies planet impostors that are binary stars in disguise
Observations by the Kepler satellite have advanced our knowledge of stars and their orbiting planets, yielding more than 100 confirmed planets and about 3,000 candidates. However, orbiting planets may...
The Higgs boson looks just like Marc Sher said it would. Now what?
It turns out that the Higgs boson looks exactly like Marc Sher always said it would, and now he's a little bummed.
NASA Helps Break Guinness World Record for Biggest Astronomy Lesson
526 people helped break the Guinness World Record for the largest outdoor astronomy lesson by NASA.
NASA Launches New Website to Plan Interplanetary Voyages
The Trajectory Browser calculates the requirements for robotic and manned missions to asteroids, comets, planets and other destinations in the solar system.
Cumbria travel tips: starry-eyed in Ennerdale
This remote Cumbrian valley is one of England's best places for stargazing – you might even see the northern lightsA bitter wind cuts through the darkening sky as I stand, waiting for...
How Nasa sees the Sun
The Sun might just look a bit yellow or maybe orangish to us, but to Nasa's scientists, that is just one way to view our star. The collage below shows how the...
Distant Planet Yields To Chemical Characterization
Space: Sharp spectral lines allow astronomers to determine origins of a planet outside our solar system
Science Weekly podcast: Jaron Lanier on Who Owns The Future?
On this week's Science Weekly podcast, Guardian science correspondent Ian Sample and Guardian digital correspondent Jemima Kiss meet scientist, musician and web guru Jaron Lanier to discuss his new book...
Microsoft facility a space to envision home, office of future
Put a skillet on your stove as you prepare to make a stir-fry, and an interactive chef on the big screen in your kitchen tells you a wok would probably...
Peering into a gateway opened 50 years ago
Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the quasar - an extremely bright object powered by matter falling into a super-massive black hole lying in the heart of...
The Postmodern Core Insight Vs Consistency As Meta-Truth, Last Bastion Against New Totalitarianism
The title should be: Reformulating the Postmodern Core Insight versus Consistency as Absolute Meta-Truth: Last Bastion against New Totalitarianism - or some such, however, the software does not support the...
Ray Winstone should learn from his own films
Complaining about being taxed too heavily for being a highly paid film star does scant justice to actor's workIt verges on comical, Ray Winstone's complaint about high tax. Wasn't he paying any attention...
Russian dashcams digital guardian angels for drivers
When a bright meteor streaked across the sky over the Russian Urals last month, it was the film footage captured by hundreds of in-car cameras and hastily uploaded to YouTube...
Egypt to re-assess satellite channel ban
CAIRO, March 15 (UPI) -- Egypt's government has agreed to reconsider its 2011 ban on permitting new privately owned satellite channels in the country, officials announced.
Mars Discovery Highlights Need for Sample-Return Mission, Scientist Says
Martian rocks are critical to unlocking the secrets to the Red Planet's past.