Reports indicate that and three scientific instruments will fly soon on the FASTSAT-HSV01 satellite to uncover the secrets in the outer layers of Earth's...

NASA has proposed a space mission that would return samples from asteroid 1999 RQ36, which is literally a 'time capsule' from before the birth of our solar system that could shed light on how life...

Scientists have determined that the degradation of the performance of the Apollo reflector arrays on the Moon is because they are covered by lunar...

It seems like the fictional 'Terminator' robot has met its cosmic equivalent in asteroids that quickly reassemble if blasted by a nuclear...

Three high-precision, Canadian-built lasers are at the centre of a NASA-led proposal to land an unmanned probe on a distant asteroid that's expected to yield crucial clues about the origins of the...

Former Nasa astronauts who went to the Moon have told the BBC of their dismay at President Barack Obama's decision to push back further Moon missions.Jim Lovell, commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13...

China should set up a national reserve of rare earth resources and work out development strategies for rare earth-related new and high-tech industries "as soon as possible," a lawmaker said...

The European Southern Observatory's telescopes atop Cerro Paranal in Chile form the Paranal Observatory. Here they serve as the backdrop for fabulous views of the night sky. The Milky Way stretches...

So NASA was always of two minds about the Voyager Record. Here was this artifact that is expected to be the longest lasting thing ever made by human beings. It will last at least a billion years in...

sun-grazing comet closing in on the sun and headed for an encounter it will likely not survive. The sun's glare is blotted out by a disk in this view, which was taken by SOHO's LASCO 3 instrument....

An artist's concept of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Launched in Feb. 2010, SDO will be able to look inside the sun to study the conveyor belt in greater detail, perhaps solving the mysteries...

Universe this image is from. Give yourself extra points if you can name the spacecraft responsible for the image. We provide the image today, but won’t reveal the answer until tomorrow. This gives...

Bankrolled by Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com fame and fortune, Blue Origin’s Goddard vehicle is a first development vehicle in the firm’s New Shepard suborbital...

Climate change is here and scientists need to do a better job of explaining it to the public, the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said...

As the weather warms up in Baltimore and we get closer to Earth day in April, its time for teachers to start thinking about some eco-friendly lesson plan ideas.Students love crafty ideas and asking...

Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan float upside down while performing their marriage ceremony onboard the Zero-G plane, June 2009. Photo courtesy ZERO-G and Steve...

Quantum fluctuations in space, science, exploration and other cosmic fields... served up regularly by MSNBC.com science editor Alan Boyle since 2002. Alan Boyle covers the physical sciences,...

hits the Earth's protective magnetic bubble, it creates highly energetic particles dubbed "killer electrons" that can be dangerous to satellites. ...

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! If you're a die-hard amateur astronomer, then you'll recognize this as one of the prime times to undergo the rigorous "Messier Marathon" – an...

Distant galaxy clusters mysteriously stream at a million miles per hour along a path roughly centered on the southern constellations Centaurus and Hydra. A new study led by Alexander Kashlinsky at...

WASHINGTON, Mar 12 : NASA has announced opportunities to test emerging technologies during flights on an airplane that simulates the weightless conditions of space. The technologies should have...

Tokyo, Mar 12: The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agency from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and United States have stressed on the importance of increasing ISS utilization and...

SIR Richard Branson's backside will soon make its Australian television debut - after the Virgin tycoon was caught out mooning a film...

Details from the Ascraeus channel (red), meandering across the surface of Mars. The insets in the black boxes show close-ups of some of the structures that lava can form: (left) branched channels,...

over their coverage of deadly unrest in the south of the country. "The SNG (satellite news gathering) equipment used by the Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya channels without being declared to the...

/enpproperty--> MOSCOW - Russian and European volunteers for a simulated flight to Mars have finished a two-day survival training, said a spokesman for Russia's Biomedical Problems Institute on...

NASA budget-keepers focus on setting future priorities for the space agency, many in the world space community is trying to turn attention to the benefits a mostly complete International Space...

LONDON: In what sounds like a chilling script of a Hollywood science fiction, scientists have claimed that an invisible star, five times the size of Jupiter, might be lurking near our solar...

Washington, March 12 : A new picture of Titan has revealed that Saturn's largest moon has surprisingly slushy insides with no clear...

NASA has proposed a space mission that would return samples from asteroid 1999 RQ36, which is literally a 'time capsule' from before the birth of our solar system that could shed light on how life...

Scientists have determined that the degradation of the performance of the Apollo reflector arrays on the Moon is because they are covered by lunar dust. The reflectors were placed on the lunar...

Starting March 14th, World of Green visitors will have the opportunity to win a different eco-friendly product everyday leading up to and including Earth Day on April...

EAST WALPOLE, MA, March 12, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Green Education Foundation (GEF) believes that what is healthy for kids is healthy for the planet. Youth gardening embodies this philosophy,...

Sapienza University of Rome .Subtle differences in Titan's pull on Cassini suggest that the materials inside the moon are a slushy mix with no clearly defined rocky...