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New solar observatory to probe sun's inner and outer workings.

The crew of the shuttle Atlantis plans to spend today wrapping up work at the International Space Station (ISS) in preparation for departure tomorrow.

The mystery of an acorn-shaped object that fell from the sky still intrigues the masses.

Website lets users play cosmic slot machine to match up modeled galaxy mergers with real ones.

Blue Origin announced that it has picked three research payloads to fly on the New Shepard suborbital vehicle.

Two NASA astronauts completed their mission's third and last spacewalk Monday, installing a new science experiment and an oxygen tank outside the International Space Station.

A plan to send a crew of astronauts to an asteroid is gaining momentum,- both within NASA and industry circles.

A new map of the remains of a valley network on Mars suggests the planet once harbored an ocean.

Massive stars likely form just like their smaller siblings.

NASA's pursuit of space-age technology has come down to Earth in the form of anti-gravity treadmills, UV-resistant clothing, and better robots.

Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov, the first civilian in space and member of the first 3-man space crew, has died at age 83.

Space shuttle astronauts took some well-deserved time off today in space Sunday to rest up from a busy mission to the International Space Station.

Talk about one proud papa. Astronaut Randy Bresnik is beaming with joy at the arrival of his new baby daughter, who was born late today while he circled the Earth.

Two astronauts raced through the second spacewalk of their docked shuttle mission at the International Space Station Saturday, getting so far ahead of schedule they took on jobs scheduled for future excursions.

Japanese engineers have devised a plan to combine parts from two partially-failed ion engines to resume the Hayabusa asteroid probe's journey back to Earth.

Astronauts on the linked shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station said Friday that they're not worried about recent false alarms that disrupted their sleep with erroneous reports of calamity.

New images show results of collision between giant galaxy and smaller neighbor.

The camera that captured many of the Hubble Space Telescope's most famous images and the "contact lenses" that focused the observatory's flawed mirror debuted Wednesday at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.