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NASA records fascinating Martian landscape of odd rock formation and sand dunes

Mars is still full of surprises.

Fundamental quantum mechanics equation can also describe large-scale objects in the universe

It's a completely unexpected discovery.

Novel air-breathing electric thruster might mantain satellites in low orbit

It uses air molecules as fuel to beat drag.

Large, previously unknown penguin colony discovered through satellite

How were they able to hide for so long?

Astronomers find unique water-rich exoplanet similar in mass with Saturn

This odd world hundreds of light-years away could teach us about how planets in our solar system formed.

Breakthrough in the search for dark matter from the first ever stars

It's an exciting time to be a scientist.

Silicon-based life on Earth? Only artificially, so far -- but maybe natural on other planets

A team of researchers forced bacteria to create carbon-silicon bonds, and their experiment showcases why life on our planet chose carbon.

The moon may have formed from a giant spinning donut of vaporized rock

Homer Simpson is drooling over this story.

We've just found the earliest traces of hydrogen, showing when the first-ever stars ignited

We've learned a lot about the early universe.

World's biggest aircraft completes key milestone ahead of 2019 launch

Its wider than a football field.

Re-emerging life in Earth's driest desert sparks hopes for life on Mars

Life, as they say, finds a way.

Twinkle, twinkle: Researchers find new clues about extremely bright neutron stars

These stars are bending the laws of physics.

NASA shares unique time-lapse of Jupiter's South Pole

A rare and beautiful view of Jupiter from a novel angle.

NASA could have an orbiting moon base by 2023

It's like an ISS, but for the Moon!

Most distant supernova reveals its secrets to scientists

A cosmic record breaker.

Neptune's Great Dark Spot is also shrinking

Another one bites the dust.

Three Old Scientific Concepts Getting a Modern Look

The ancients often got it wrong about science -- but they weren't that far off.

A China-sized dark vortex that smells like farts is slowly fading away on Neptune

Good thing Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun.

NASA is taking a Martian meteorite back home -- for calibration purposes

The meteorite will be used in NASA's ambitious Mars 2020 mission.

Trump Administration considers privatizing the ISS. Fortunately, that won't likely happen

Because it would be dumb.

NASA's New Horizons probe snaps farthest image from Earth

There's a man-made shuttle at the edge of the solar system, taking photos. It's mind bending.

Looking to put a sub on Titan, NASA recreated its methane oceans in Washington

Titan's "water" isn't even water.

Russian cosmonauts accidentally set a new spacewalk record while repairing old radio antenna

It's the longest Russian spacewalk and the fifth-longest spacewalk in human spaceflight history.

For the first time, astronomers have discovered individual planets outside of our galaxy

They've found planets in another galaxy -- if that's not jaw-dropping, I don't know what is.

Dwarf satellite galaxies are challenging the standard cosmological model

We thought the Milky Way was special. Now, scientists have found a glitch elsewhere which challenges established physics.

The Search for Alien Life: We Have Been Looking in the Wrong Places

If there are any, aliens should be less conspicuous and charismatic-looking than most people think.

Russia is planning to offer tourists a trip to the ISS, spacewalks included

It would cost around $100 million a pop, though.

New panorama shows just how amazing Curiosity's journey has been on Mars

It's a breathtaking view!

Breathtaking panoramic view of Mars shows how far Curiosity has gone

We're looking at a view from millions of miles away. Take a moment to appreciate this fact.

Jodrell Bank, Earth's oldest radio telescope, nominated as UNESCO Site

The site has had an immense role to play in our understanding of the universe.

Cosmonaut blood reveals that our immune systems grind to a halt in space

This is definitely Not Good™.

Japanese Space Agency offers volunteers $3,500 to spend 14 days in a simulated space station

Explore what it's like to be in space, while also getting paid? What's not to like?!

Astrochemists can now study stars' magnetic fields using alcohol

Ah, alcohol. The basis of any sound science.

Amateur astronomer finds long-lost NASA satellite after 12 years of drifting around Earth's orbit

It just serves to show that hope is never lost.

Astronaut poop could one day be recycled into Marmite-like food

I never liked Marmite.

Two men and two women spent 200 days in a virtual Chinese moon base. Here's what happened

Preparations for the moon base are intensifying.

New Zealand startup launches huge 'disco ball' into space. It's now the brightest object in the night sky

It's supposed to be an art project, but you be the judge.

Trump wants to withdraw NASA's funding for the ISS as of 2024

It's the earliest date this is possible but this could leave American astronauts stranded on the ground.

Google-backed civilian race to the moon ends with no winner for $20 million prize

Ten years and four deadline extensions later, there's still no winner to show.

First Kenyan satellite to be launched into orbit in April or May

It's a big milestone for the African country.

Space might be teeming with viruses that we're not looking for, but we should

When the very large can't be found, maybe it's time to look for the very small.

This brave spacecraft will soon fly through the sun's atmosphere

A modern-day mechanical Icarus.

Tiny nuclear reactors might power the first Martian settlements

It's the first space-bound nuclear reactor in 50 years.

Find a 2.2-pound-chunk of the Michigan meteorite and you can win $20,000

It's raining money. Incandescent, rocky money.

Brewing beer on Mars? Students find Martian soil is suitable for growing hops

Brace yourselves for Martian craft beer!

NASA zooms in on one of the oldest galaxies with the help of a cosmic magnifying glass

It might teach us about how galaxies such as the Milky Way evolved.

SpaceX to test the world's most powerful operational rocket, the Falcon Heavy, later today

This is what Elon Musk hopes will put men on Mars.

China deems blasting space junk with a laser station is feasible

It's a super James Bond-esque idea.

Crowdsourcing astronomy: Citizen scientists discover new rocky planets locked in resonance

Citizen scientists found five "musical" exoplanet.

Cliffs of pure, blue water-ice spotted just below Mars' surface

That's a lot of water.

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