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New Horizons has been sending back a cornucopia of new information about our mysterious former ninth planet ever since the historic...

Ceres's white spots have been one of the biggest scientific mysteries in recent memory, with speculated causes ranging from water ice...

NASA roboticist Brett Kennedy claims that the physics of BB-8 "just doesn't work out," which is blasphemy. Luckily, he compares him to...

While other children are trying to send letters to Santa, five-year-old Oliver Geddings is trying to send a letter to Mars. Geddings,...

It's always exciting when Kepler discovers a new exoplanet, and it's generally assumed that there is a relatively low chance of a...

In this amazing video (which will hypnotize you if you stare at it long enough), Youtube user Ethan Kruse has mapped every single...

The gravity on the International Space Station leads to many difficulties in astronauts' lives, not least when it comes to drinking...

Almost 60 years ago, NASA began talks to send a "suicide probe" into the Sun itself to burn up almost immediately after gathering...

The Martian was a huge commercial and critical hit, satisfying fans of Andy Weir's immensely popular novel and even getting Oscar buzz...

Meet the astronaut of the future, Valkyrie I (or R5 as NASA calls it).NASA just gave one robot each to MIT and Northeastern University...

This might be the prettiest proposal for a space elevator yet. Scientists from the Queensland University of Technology have found...

This summer, ISS astronauts ate food grown and harvested in space for the first time in history, and gave it some initial positive...

On November 15, the sun let out a massive coronal mass ejection that resembled a "canyon of fire" extending for more than 300,000 km....

The process of going to space is a complicated one, whether you're trying to understand the physics of spaceships or the stringent...

It's the ISS's fifteenth anniversary this month, and in honor of that occasion, NASA has written a celebratory song in the tradition...

Every once in a while, a ridiculous apocalyptic rumor hits the internet, like the 2012 Mayan calendar doomsday predictions or recent...

Mars's moon Phobos is headed for a complete self-destruction, as it is slowly being pulled to pieces by the gravitational pull between...

It's been four months since New Horizons's historic flyby past the enigmatic Pluto, and NASA is finally ready to release their...

We may be able to explore the furthest reaches of space by 2025, as researchers are attempting to build electric sails that can ride...

Yesterday, NASA revealed that they had all but solved the mystery of what happened to all the water on Mars, but while that was good...