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Ice cores, long vertical samples taken from glaciers and ice sheets, can tell us a lot about the past — details in each individual...

It's strange to think that our first close-up images of Pluto only came in 2015, a whopping 85 years after it was discovered. In fact,...

Back in 2011, a Martian meteorite was found in the Sahara Desert. The official name of the 320-gram rock is Northwest Africa (NWA)...

NASA may be preparing a more advanced version of their Curiosity rover to launch in 2020, but ideally, they still want to keep the...

When the Orbital ATK Antares rocket launches from Virginia tomorrow, it'll send a fascinating new experiment up to the International...

This Monday, May 21, 2018, will be business as usual for NASA as they launch another rocket carrying supplies to the International...

While Curiosity has been an effective Mars rover, both in what it's discovered and how it's become the anthropomorphized public face...

Almost exactly a month ago, NASA launched TESS up into space, so that their "Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite" could begin its...

Despite the resistance to fighting climate change that we still have to deal with, some aspects of our planet are improving due to...

As our search for Earth-like exoplanets (which are simply planets in other solar systems) continues, one of the key things we look for...

Just in case something apocalyptic ever happened to Earth, wouldn't it be great if we had a backup collection of knowledge...

Finding a black hole that's older than light itself is impressive (and more than a little unnerving). Finding a black hole that eats...

For the first time in history, a space program plans to fly a helicopter on the surface of another planet: NASA has announced that...

While mostly known for their work in space, NASA does a lot of important work in Earth sciences as well, with their Carbon Monitoring...

Data from the NASA Galileo mission has confirmed the presence of liquid water on Jupiter's moon Europa.

The YouTube channel secureteam10 claims this NASA photo shows an alien tank on the surface of the moon. But what are their real...

This Mother's Day, instead of sending your mom a normal Earth rose, NASA wants you to send a giant, cosmic space rose.More...

Since its launch back in 2009, the Kepler Space Telescope has done nothing but look out for signs of exoplanets, which are simply...

Honorary degrees are highly esteemed and typically something worth showing up in person for, unless there are extenuating...

We have rovers on Mars' surface, and orbiters like the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter  floating around the planet, but we don't have...