Kim Kardashian has some serious competition from Buzz Aldrin. The astronaut touted “the first space selfie” on social media Thursday…
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Pluto just 4 weeks, 20 million miles away for NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft; flyby on July 14
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is at Pluto’s doorstep, following an incredible journey of nine years and…
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Yum! Curiosity rover eats Mars dirt, finds odd bright stuff
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has swallowed its first tiny bite of Martian soil, after standing down for a spell while…
Read MoreRomney or Obama? Election result won’t affect NASA
The outcome of the 2012 presidential election is unlikely to have a profound impact on the future direction of American…
Read MoreSnorkels in space: NASA’s ‘MacGyver’ solution to protect spacewalking astronauts
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After a spacewalking astronaut nearly drowned in his helmet in July, NASA has a plan to…
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Soyuz spacecraft launches 32 fish, hippo to space station
A Soyuz rocket launched an American astronaut, two Russian cosmonauts and 32 small fish into orbit Tuesday, kicking off a…
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Alpha Station: plans for an inflatable space station
The formal unveiling Jan. 16 of a NASA deal to add an inflatable room developed by commercial company Bigelow Aerospace…
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Dark matter, hidden substance that makes up the universe, possibly found by $2b space physics experiment
A massive particle detector mounted on the International Space Station may have detected elusive dark matter at last, scientists announced…
Read MoreMegasunspot’s solar outbursts surprise scientists
A humongous sunspot — the biggest one seen since 1990 — produced no aurora-causing events despite firing off 10 intense…
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Spectacular solar scene: Burst of radiation erupts from sun
NASA unveiled incredible footage of a solar flare erupting from the surface of the sun. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured…
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