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Morning glory seeds are hardy enough to survive in space, experiment reveals

Seeds -- the tiny bunkers of life.

Despite spending $200 million, NASA still doesn't have a new space suit and that could delay an important deep space mission

Internal auditors weren't happy with the way NASA is making new space suits.

China and Europe have talks to build a 'Moon Village' together

The two are already collaborating on important science projects.

Ancient carvings show comet struck Earth, triggering mini Ice Age

When you can correlate computer models of comets with carvings from 13 millennia ago -- that's got to feel good.

NASA is designing small away-from-home-ecosystems to make space exploration sustainable

Recycle everything!!!

We're launching a horde of tiny satellites, and that might eventually make space flight unusable

Space junk is cluttering space. One day, we might not be able to launch anything anymore.

Newly found exoplanet might be the best place yet to hunt for alien life

Such discoveries keep piling up. We can only rejoice.

All the ingredients for alien life: NASA finds hydrogen spewing out of Saturn's icy moon, likely propelled from hydro-thermal vents

Both Enceladus and Europa seem capable of supporting alien life, according to a major NASA announcement.

NASA to make tantalizing announcement about water worlds later today

NASA is doing the old 'announcement of an announcement,' and we're absolutely falling for it.

Venus does tectonics without any plates -- and it's possible young Earth did it too

Goddesses... always have to stand out, don't they?

Jupiter has a massive cold spot as well

Jupiter's Great Red spot has a new sister. Well... it's not new, but we just found it.

NASA snaps unprecedented image of auroras on gas giant Uranus

A rare sight 4.50 million kilometers away.

This year's 22 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts are out of this world

It's incredible what humans can do with some funding.

Researchers discover atmosphere around an Earth-like planet

Can we get excited yet? Mmm no, not really.

Radio observatory equivalent to the size of Earth sets its gaze to the center of the Milky Way to image a supermassive black hole

This was thought to be impossible to undertake until not too long ago.

Mars' Arsia Mons and the dinosaurs went extinct at the same time. Coincidence?! Definitely

#sync.

SpaceX rockets are just inches away from full reusability. Space flight might never be the same after

Last week was a historic one for SpaceX. Here's what should happen next.

From fiction to reality: scientists grow potatoes in Mars-like conditions

Interplanetary potato, yeah!

Geological deposits hint at ancient ocean on Mars' surface

Can't have a devastating water wave without water!

Adorable NASA robocube will float and do the housekeeping aboard the ISS

More like robocute, am I right?

Supermassive black hole dislodged from its galactic throne travels at 5 million mph

In the aftermath of a titanic galactic battle, a merged black hole caused some waves.

Researchers spot the biggest brown dwarf ever, trailing at the edge of the Milky Way

Surprisingly pure.

Curiosity's wheel grousers show damage after five years of off-roading on Mars

:(

Landslide spotted on comet for the first time using Rosetta's images

Comets are far more geologically active than we thought.

Astronomers zoom in on baby solar system only 300 light-years away that's forcing us to rethink planetary formation

In a rare opportunity, scientists are studying how planets are forming in a very young solar system. They got more than they bargained for.

Researchers found a supermassive black hole choking on its meal

Greedy!

To birth supermassive black holes in the early universe, some galaxies may have had to be sacrificed

A new study offers an unorthodox explanation for how supermassive black hole formed in the early Universe.

The Origins of Water Ice on Mercury

Who would expect water on the nearest planet to the Sun?

NASA plans to use repellent coatings to coax liquids into flowing even when there is no "down"

Not a problem many would even think possible -- but a real one nonetheless.

NASA wants to create the coolest spot in the universe

It's cool, and it's totally out there!

Magnets anchored on Mars' orbit would make the planet a second Earth, NASA says

Shields up!

Israeli company designs anti-radiation body armor to protect astronauts in space

+3 armor +25 radiation resist.

Lego celebrates the achievements of the Women of NASA with new set

Starting with science at a young age.

Earth-born methanogen bacteria species could survive in Mars' crust, new study shows

Life can be surprisingly hardy.

Twitterers compete with suggestions for newly discovered exoplanets' names -- hilarity ensues

Anyone care to wager which name popped up instantly?

European Space Agency makes all its pictures and videos free to share and use

It's time to get your space on!

Elon Musk's SpaceX just announced it will send two tourists to the Moon

SpaceX just made a stunning announcement.

NASA establishes first Space Technology Research Institutes to make Mars a self-sufficient colony

"Producing > packing" -- NASA.

NASA cancels maneuver to get Juno closer to Jupiter due to faulty fuel valves -- but that's not bad news

Named after a capricious goddess, Juno lives up to her name.

NASA finds 7 Earth-sized planets in a star nearby. Three are in the habitable zone

What a great day for science!

How to find constellations: a starter's guide

You'll never know what's written in the stars for you if you can't read them.

NASA satellite spots mile-long iceberg breaking off from Antarctic glacier

NASA's satellites witnessed the dramatic breaking of the iceberg.

The first ever supernova-in-progress seen shows we don't quite yet understand them

A really lucky find.

Winston Churchill's lost essay about life on other planets and space travel

A man ahead of his time.

You can search for your own exoplanets -- Researchers make huge dataset available

The search for extraterrestrial life is about to get some new recruits -- us.

Tomorrow, India will launch a record-shattering 104 satellite missions

I can't even muster enough willpower to count up to 104.

New estimate pins the age of our solar system's nursery

It only lasted for as little as 3 million years before making room for something grander.

NASA's mission to search for life on Europa takes shape

If we want to look for extraterrestrial life, Europa might be one of the best guesses in the solar system.

NASA team to study Kilauea volcano from ground, air, and space

NASA's bringing out the big guns.

Astronomers discover the first "middleweight" black hole

Many more might be lurking in the galaxy.

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