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Intergalactic Wind Strips Galaxies Of Star-Forming Gas

Russia Constructs An “Inspector Satellite” That Could Chase Down And Destroy Other Orbiting Objects

By Amber Raynolds

Philae Discovers Organic Molecules On The Surface Of The Comet

By Andreea Popescu

European Space Plane Set For February Launch

European Space Plane Set For February Launch

By Amber Raynolds

Norway Wants To Grow Food Crops In Space

Norway Wants To Grow Food Crops In Space

By Andreea Popescu

Invisible Shield Protects Earth From “Killer Electrons”

Invisible Shield Protects Earth From “Killer Electrons”

By Andrew Johnson

Space Data Highway Experiment Unveils First Images

Space Data Highway Experiment Unveils First Images

By Amber Raynolds

Russia Has Two GLONASS-K Satellites In Orbit Now

Russia Has Two GLONASS-K Satellites In Orbit Now

Hayabusa 2 Launches Today

Hayabusa 2 Launches Today

By Amber Raynolds

Dust From A Comet Has Been Discovered For The First Time On The Earth’s Surface

Dust From A Comet Has Been Discovered For The First Time On The Earth’s Surface

By Christine Doan

Curiosity Rover Identifies A Dozen Martian Minerals

Curiosity Rover Identifies A Dozen Martian Minerals

By Matthew Lincoln

Earth’s Water Probably Didn’t Come From Comets, Rosetta Data Suggests

Earth’s Water Probably Didn’t Come From Comets, Rosetta Data Suggests

By Oana Stefanescu

Researchers use real data rather than theory to measure the cosmos

Researchers use real data rather than theory to measure the cosmos

By Matthew Lincoln

Giant Space Microphones Will Record The Sounds Of The Universe

Giant Space Microphones Will Record The Sounds Of The Universe

Scientists Solve The Mystery Of The High-Latitude Theta Aurora

Scientists Solve The Mystery Of The High-Latitude Theta Aurora

By Andreea Popescu

Lynx Space Plane Achieves Construction Milestone

Lynx Space Plane Achieves Construction Milestone

Eight new planets found in ‘Goldilocks’ zone

Eight new planets found in ‘Goldilocks’ zone

Private Dream Chaser Space Plane Keeps Marching Toward Flight

By Christine Doan

Machine learning helps Stanford physicists predict dangerous solar flares earlier

Study: At least two hidden planets beyond Pluto

Astronomers observe fast unknown radio bursts from space

Researchers find levels of nitrogen in meteorites similar to levels in Earth’s atmosphere

Researchers find levels of nitrogen in meteorites similar to levels in Earth’s atmosphere

By Matthew Lincoln

Rosetta Comet ‘pouring’ more water into space

Ancient star system reveals Earth-sized planets forming near start of universe

3,200 megapixel camera will make interactive 3D map of the universe

$Researchers find evidence of fractal behavior in pulsating stars$

Researchers find evidence of fractal behavior in pulsating stars

Closer view of Ceres shows multiple white spots

Closest known flyby of star to our solar system

By Amber Raynolds

U.S. must invest to keep ahead of China in space

U.S. must invest to keep ahead of China in space

Russia plans to create own space station by 2024

By Andrew Johnson

Humans could live in ‘space cities’ that orbit Earth by 2100

Dawn Probe Achieves Ceres Orbit

Giant methane storms on Uranus Puzzle Scientists

By Andrew Johnson

Remote Star Clusters Discovered on Edge of Milky Way

The Milky Way is Much Larger Than Previously Thought

The Milky Way is Much Larger Than Previously Thought

Researchers now say there are planets in the habitable zone around most stars

Researchers now say there are planets in the habitable zone around most stars

Universe may be on the brink of collapse (on the cosmological timescale)

Universe may be on the brink of collapse (on the cosmological timescale)

By Matthew Lincoln

Russia will start sending tourists to space again in 2018

ISRO Launches Fourth Navigation Satellite

Spiderlike Robots Could Build Giant Space Structures

By Mike Anderson

Complex Organic Molecules Discovered in Infant Star System

Paul Allen Launches ‘Vulcan Aerospace’ to Boost Private Space Travel

By Peter Davidson

Giant Galaxies Die From The Inside When They Stop Making Stars

Astrophyicists draw most comprehensive map of the universe

Astrophyicists draw most comprehensive map of the universe

Pentagon requests $5 billion increase for “space protection activities”

Russia Invites China to Join in Creating Lunar Station

By Jason Hudson

NuSTAR captures possible ‘screams’ from zombie stars

NuSTAR captures possible ‘screams’ from zombie stars

By Greg Richards

Proposed Legislation Would Make Space Settlement a National Goal

Asteroid-Mining Company to Deploy 1st Satellite This Summer

By Amber Raynolds

Lost in Space: Half of All Stars Are Rogues Between Galaxies

New research reveals Europa’s mystery dark material could be sea salt

By Greg Richards

The Secret Air Force Space Drone Heads Back Into Orbit

Astronomers spot one-in-10-million phenomenon in early universe

Corkscrew planets spiral back and forth between two stars

Corkscrew planets spiral back and forth between two stars

By Greg Richards

Found: giant spirals in space that could explain our existence

By Elise Bailey

Space Station Could Get Laser Cannon to Destroy Orbital Debris

By Jason Hudson

This Newly-Discovered Class of Galaxies Shouldn’t Exist

Supernova space bullets could have seeded Earth’s iron core

Supernova space bullets could have seeded Earth’s iron core

The House just passed a bill about space mining

Aussie student proves existence of plasma tubes floating above Earth

By Andreea Popescu

Scientists Can Now Weigh the Milky Way

Scientists Can Now Weigh the Milky Way

By Angelie Hawks

Virgin Galactic will get into space ‘within 18 months to two years’

By Andreea Popescu

The Rosetta spacecraft may be intentionally slammed into the surface of comet 67P next year

By Peter Davidson

Bill Nye’s LightSail spacecraft wakes up, unfurls on second attempt