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'Impossible' clouds spotted on Titan - for the second time

Astronomers have made a puzzling observation which could have big implications for our understanding of Titan.

Chinese space station is 'out of control,' will soon crash on earth

At a press conference in China, officials have confirmed what many already suspected: China is no longer in control of its space station.

Mysterious space blob is a veil for a huge galactic nursery

Though they might look boring, one of the largest objects in the universe could be a lot more important than previously thought.

Centaurs break apart to get rings, astrophysicists now believe

Not big enough to capture material, the centaurs supply their own.

Black holes turn stars into spaghetti, devours them, then burp fire

If there's one thing that black holes do extremely well, it's drawing things to them and destroying them.

Astronomers get the first glimpse of solar wind as it forms

Using images of the Sun and strong processing algorithms, scientists have observed solar winds emerging from the corona.

China launches its second space lab into Earth's orbit, preps for full fledged space station in 2020s

Another stepping stone in China's long road to achieve space dominance.

ESA's Gaia observatory sends back first star chart showing a billion new stars

Seeing is believing.

Internet schools man for trying to "mansplain" a NASA astronaut

'It's simple thermo,' he said.

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin unveils new heavy-duty rocket design meant to sweep contracts away from SpaceX

Should Elon Musk be worried?

The Universe expands equally in all directions -- and this is bad news for Einstein's equations

Zoom out far enough, and the Universe is a pretty homogenous place.

NASA released the most awesome pictures of Mars' surface to date

The rocks from Mars are surprisingly familiar.

NASA prepares mission to intercept asteroid

NASA is preparing for a potentially game-changing mission: intercepting an asteroid and bringing a sample back home.

The 'Impossible EmDrive' will soon be tested in outer space

Hands-on experiments will help us finally get to the bottom of this thing.

Juno captures the closest-ever pictures of Jupiter we've seen -- and its hair-raising voice

We've never seen anything like this before.

Defunct Philae found on the surface of the comet

As Rosetta's mission draws close to an end, its high-resolution camera snapped a few photos of the Philae lander.

NASA Solar Observatory sees double eclipse from outer space

It's eclipse season for the Solar Observatory

First stars formed much later than we thought

The European Space Agency's Planck satellite has revealed some information which may force us to rethink the evolution of the early Universe.

More surprises on Ceres: astronomers discover an ice volcano

Pictures from NASA's Dawn spacecraft seem to indicate that the dwarf planet was much more active than we thought.

SpaceX rocket explodes during satellite launch

SpaceX has suffered a serious setback after one of its rockets, carrying a $200 million communications satellite, exploded yesterday.

Milky Way's missing matter traced back to an explosion in its core 6 million years ago

It's not the full picture, but its a lot more than we knew before.

NASA plans to send an autonomous submarine into space -- for a very good reason

The sub will be used to explore Titan's oceans.

Meteorites crashing into early Earth might have supplied all the precious biocompatible phosphorus

Scientists track how a critical chemical element for life got to our planet.

Black Holes are sending quantum messages in the universe

Spinning black holes are capable of complex quantum information processes encoded in the X-ray photons emitted by the accretion disk.

SETI observes a "strong signal," but don't get your hopes up just yet

A star system 94 light-years away stepped in as a potential candidate for intelligent life.

NASA's Juno shuttle gets up close and personal with Jupiter

NASA's Juno shuttle will get closer to Jupiter than any other man-made structure.

Newly found galaxy is almost entirely made out of dark matter

A dark galaxy that a Sith Lord would enjoy.

Astronomers come back from a year on Mars... in Hawaii

NASA's year-long Mars simulation experiment has concluded today.

Proxima B is probably the closest planet to Earth we'll ever find, and it might be habitable too

Fire those blasters. We're going exploring!

China Unveils 2020 Mars Mission and Rover

The Chinese space program is taking huge strides forward.

NASA re-establishes contact with the STEREO-B spacecraft after 22 months

It just needed some space...

Stanford scientists map poverty... from outer space

Researchers have developed a method to identify impoverished areas using free information from satellite imagery.

You can now access all of NASA's science - for free

The entirety of its scientific work will be made public at no cost whatsoever.

'Goldilocks area' not nearly enough for habitable planets - internal temperature is also important

A Yale University researcher claims that the so-called Goldilocks planetary area only tells half of the story.

White dwarf goes nova after a long slumber

Polish astronomers have captured an incredibly rare event from start to finish: a white dwarf going nova.

Mayans may have been better at math and astronomy than we thought

Anthropologists have shown that Mayan tablets of math and astronomy have been greatly underestimated.

NASA to install new ISS module for space taxis

Astronauts will be installing a new module on the ISS for space taxis.

China launches first quantum satellite making its communications unhackable

Teleporting quantum states might the future of communications, and China is leading the way.

How and where to watch the Perseids this year

The Perseids are taking place in this period, and this year promises to be an especially good one.

Two dwarf-galaxies have left the wilderness to join a galactic party

Drawn by gravity, a dwarf galaxy pair is leaving the void for a more crowded region of the universe.

Cassini finds canyons flooded with liquid hydrocarbons on Titan

NASA's ever-resourceful Cassini probe found steep-sided canyons on Saturn's moon Titan.

Superluminous supernovas explode twice, create some of the most powerful magnets in the universe

When a star is ready to drop the curtain, it goes out with a bang -- a supernova explosion. But some double the bang.

How a 1967 Solar Flare nearly plunged the World into Nuclear Holocaust

All because the sun had a bad day and 'farted'.

Venus could once have been a very welcoming planet, NASA study found

Now? Not so much.

A private company plans to land on the moon, but what will this precedent mean for space exploration?

Moon Express is going to the Moon -- if we can solve the paperwork.

Jupiter's Red Patch Heats up the Entire Planet

We finally know what caused the huge, Earth-sized red spot on Jupiter.

The reason why we haven't found alien life yet might be because we're searching too soon

We might be too early for the party. Darn!

Io's atmosphere collapses every time there's an eclipse

Reason number #1304 not to colonize Io.

Music company just played a vinyl record 28,000 meters above the Earth

You could say they hit a high note.

NASA pinpoints black holes that send out high-energy X-rays for first time ever

The findings help create a more comprehensive picture of supermassive black hole populations.

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