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NASA discovers Mars has a magnetic tail twisted by solar wind

Mars has an invisible magnetic tail and it might contribute to Martian atmospheric loss.

Researchers believe they've found a great place for a moonbase -- thanks to a volcano

Building a moonbase in a lava tube. Doesn't that sound awesome?

Astronaut shows what fidget spinners can do in outer space

NASA just wins, can everyone stop with the fidget spinner videos now?

You can now use Google Maps to explore other moons and planets

You can explore the solar system from the comfort of your home.

Evidence keeps pilling up in favor of the mysterious Planet Nine

A ninth planet 10 times bigger than Earth might be lurking far away within the solar system.

China's first space station is about to come crashing down on Earth, and we don't really know where

No reason to worry, just an 8-ton space station crashing down on Earth.

Why the gravitational waves splashed by the merger of two dying stars spells a revolution in astronomy

This was an amazing week in science -- with much more to come.

NASA observatory highlights the importance of studying CO2 on Earth: it's connected to everything

Groundbreaking data allows us to study carbon dioxide in unprecedented detail.

Tonight, SpaceX will live-broadcast launch of previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket

Brave move. Hopefully, it will pay off.

Scientists just found half of the universe's missing matter, and strengthened the Standard Model in the process

It was floating around where we estimated it would be.

Revolutionary optical upgrade enables ground-based telescopes to hunt for alien planets

This could be a game changer.

The Past and Future of Mars with and without Human Intervention

An overview of humanity's fascination with the Red Planet.

The moon once had an atmosphere seeded by volcanic eruptions

It must have looked like a weird sight from Earth's vantage point.

The world's first scientific satellite is still in orbit

It will stay there for centuries, if not a thousand years.

NASA astronauts start spacewalk -- with live footage

You can watch it live here.

Scientists make first quantum video call. It's supposedly unhackable

Sharing sensitive data will never be the same.

Biomarker molecule discovered "in abundance" around alien star, but still no life

Turns out, planet farts are just like ours, but with chlorine!

Cassini's farewell photo of Saturn's dark side

An eerily view of Saturn.

Physics Nobel Prize: Gravitational Wave researchers honored by prestigious award

They opened a new door in our understanding of the universe and definitely deserve all the honors.

Senior SETI astronomer will bet you that intelligent aliens are due in the next 20 years

Time for some of that Earther hospitality.

Methane bubbles may have kept Mars warm enough for liquid water billions of years ago

Burping methane may have bought Mars some extra time before it turned into a wasteland.

Some galaxy types are brighter due to 'hungrier' black holes, and this could fundamentally change how we study galaxies

We've been looking at some galaxies wrong all along.

Elon Musk proposes landing rocket on Mars by 2022. The same system will also get you anywhere on Earth in less than 30 minutes

The serial entrepreneur is at it again with yet another audacious claim.

Ancient cosmic collissions between small bodies could explain quirk of early solar system formation

Early Earth could have lost as much as 40% of its mass during collisional growth.

NASA and Russia to work on new Lunar Space Station

It's good to see two old rivals work together.

Lava tubes on Moon and Mars might be habitats for future colonies

We might someday build cities inside lava tunnels on Mars.

Hubble snaps the first binary-asteroid comet we've ever seen

Asteroids of a feather flock together. Sometimes into a comet.

Mysterious high-energy cosmic rays fire from outside the galaxy

The brightest cosmic rays don't seem to be from the same neighborhood.

The Milky Way might not be your typical spiral galaxy but is it unique?

The Milky Way just got an ego boost.

Designer Oscar Lhermitte brings the moon to your fingertips

You can't get any more lunar than this without leaving the planet.

After exploring Venus' dark side, scientists find unexpected weather

Strange things happen in the dark.

Odd Jupiter-sized exoplanet is hot enough to melt metal but paradoxically pitch-black

It's the 'blackest' planet we've found.

Cassini spacecraft ends 20-year-old voyage in style, crashes into Saturn

We had a good run!

Gravity map reveals Martian crust might be lighter than we thought

Mars may be more porous than we thought.

Main asteroid belt might be a dump for planetary leftovers, new theory proposes

A strikingly different take on the asteroid belt's origin.

The first water map on the moon shines hope for human colony

There's less water than in Earth's driest deserts. But that's still a lot more than we used to hope.

Bacteria shapeshift in space in response to antibiotics, becoming far more resilient

Not good news for interplanetary travel.

Wrapping paper-like spacecraft might one day collect junk and throw it into Earth's atmospheric shredder

This may be crazy enough to work.

Elon Musk shares full-body pic of SpaceX's sleek astronaut suit

Space flight just got a lot sexier.

Voyager-1 spacecraft: 40 years of history and interstellar flight

Despite traveling more than ten billion miles in four decades, Voyager-1 is still at it.

More than a million years from now, our solar system will briefly house two stars

It will shine three times brighter than Mars in the night's sky. It might also cause an unpleasant stir in the Oort cloud...

Researchers find tantalizing evidence of mid-sized black hole in the Milky Way

If confirmed, this could indicate a remarkable progress in modern physics.

SpaceX completes critical test ahead of the first launch for world's most powerful operational rocket

This year is shaping up as SpaceX's best one yet.

Intelligent alien life hunters pick up 15 high-energy bursts far across the universe

The mysterious high-energy signals are unaccounted for. Alien technology is not excluded.

Astronomers just compiled the most detailed image of an alien star -- and it just looks stunning

This is 620 light-years away!

Dragonfly dual-quadcopter drone proposed to explore Titan to understand how life appeared

The final selection for New Horizons is expected in mid-2019.

Huge asteroid to safely pass by Earth on September 1st, NASA announces

Make sure to wave as it passes by.

This space probe is so small you could lose it in your backpack -- and it just got launched into space

Four grams worth of space explorer.

Diamond rain of Neptune and Uranus mimicked in the lab by scientists

Yes, on some planets it rains diamonds!

Waste not, want not: astronauts to turn pee into nutrients, tools on deep-space missions

Stay hydrated up there, ladies and gents.

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