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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, March 12, 2010 at 12:00 AM EST shows cloud cover in the Plains as a tightly wound low pressure system moves through the region. Clouds along the East Coast are...

Washington, March 12 : 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...

AN invisible star responsible for the extinction of dinosaurs may be circling the Sun and causing comets to bombard the Earth, scientists...

A "great performers" season, showcasing the Barbican’s classical music programme, will kick off this autumn as the Houston Symphony play Gustav Holst’s symphonic classic The...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A group of US lawmakers Thursday urged the US administration to save NASA's Constellation project aimed at returning Americans to the moon in the next generation of...

Two years after Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency, the new institution sent out 100 photographers to document the nation’s environment writ large. Now, those photos...

Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy will finally start collecting data this spring, making it the world’s biggest airborne telescope. The plane’s 45,000-foot cruising...

The 70-meter antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in the Mohave Desert in California. This complex is one of three comprising NASA's Deep Space Network. Credit:...

Washington » A group of House members says it makes more sense for NASA to slow the development of a new space shuttle rather than kill the program. In a letter sent Thursday, 15 House...