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Explore astronomy, from the latest trip to the International Space Station to alien planets outside our solar system.

  • Kepler

    NASA identifies 54 potentially habitable alien planets

    Thu, Feb 03, 2011 11:49 AM by Space.com

    While scientists are seeking a habitable planet, data collected from inhabitable planets can inform research on planet and life formation.

  • This collage shows the 20 new comets discovered by NASA's NEOWISE mission, an extension of the WISE space telescope mission

    Asteroid survey finds more than 33,000 space rocks

    Wed, Feb 02, 2011 9:15 AM by Space.com

    New NASA survey of space rocks in our solar system reveals 20 new comets, more than 33,000 new asteroids, and 134 new near-Earth space objects.

  • space shuttle Discovery

    Shuttle Discovery returns to launch pad

    Tue, Feb 01, 2011 2:20 PM by Irene Klotz, Reuters

    The shuttle's flight to the International Space Station on February 24 is one of the final shuttle missions for NASA.

  • Geoff Marcy

    Hunting for Earth-like alien planets: Q&A with astronomer Geoff Marcy

    Tue, Feb 01, 2011 12:52 PM by Space.com

    An interview with the astronomer who discovered 70 of the first 100 Kepler alien planets.

  • Backdropped by rugged Earth terrain, the International Space Station

    Everyday tech from space: Water recyclers make pee potable

    Tue, Feb 01, 2011 11:53 AM by Space.com

    Space technology for recycling urine could be used on Earth as clean water sources become scarce.

  • Columbia debris

    Smithsonian considers display of Challenger, Columbia shuttle debris

    Tue, Feb 01, 2011 11:24 AM by Space.com

    The debris would join other exhibits in the The National Air and Space Museum designed to explain the tragedies and the lessons learned from them.

  • This still from SDO caught the action in freeze-frame splendor when the Sun popped off two events at once (Jan. 28, 2011). A filament on the left side became unstable and erupted, while an M-1 flare (mid-sized) and a coronal mass ejection on the right blasted into space.

    Sun unleashes a rare double whammy

    Mon, Jan 31, 2011 11:58 AM by Space.com

    The star unleashed two powerful solar eruptions in a spectacular double blast caught on camera by a NASA spacecraft.

  • Canis Major in east southeast sky

    Doggie constellations are a skywatcher's best friends

    Mon, Jan 31, 2011 10:48 AM by Space.com

    Brightest star in the sky is particularly visible this week in the east southeastern sky.

  • NASA shuttle launch

    NASA launches public outreach program to boost space tech

    Fri, Jan 28, 2011 11:47 AM by Space.com

    NASA is holding public panels to receive input and return to 'roots as a true innovator.'

  • Illustration of the supergiant star Betelgeuse

    Will Betelgeuse really become a second sun in 2012?

    Thu, Jan 27, 2011 4:22 PM by Space.com

    Scientists discount the idea that Betelgeuse star will be as bright as another sun, saying it will resemble the brightness of a crescent moon.

  • Candidate galaxy that existed 480 million years after the Big Bang (the z~10 galaxy)

    Astronomers discover oldest galaxy yet seen

    Thu, Jan 27, 2011 11:13 AM by Space.com

    Galaxy is believed to have existed 480 million years after the Big Bang.

  • NASA's NanoSail-D soars in Earth orbit in this artist's illustration.

    Space shots: Photograph NASA's solar sail and win cash

    Wed, Jan 26, 2011 4:20 PM by Space.com

    The photo contest requires its amateur astronomers to first find the solar sail and then submit their best images.

  • galaxy photographed by Hubble

    Distant galaxy born in the dawn of time

    Wed, Jan 26, 2011 2:20 PM by Agence France-Presse

    Astronomers say they have an image of what may be the oldest galaxy ever seen, a starry cluster that came into being when the Universe was a baby.

  • Astronaut Barbara Morgan smiles for a photo near the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour while docked with the International Space Station.

    Challenger remembered: Q&A with teacher astronaut Barbara Morgan

    Wed, Jan 26, 2011 11:43 AM by Space.com

    NASA educator astronaut Barbara Morgan reflects on the space shuttle Challenger accident 25 years ago that killed America's first teacher astronaut, Christa McAuliffe.

  • On the day of Space Shuttle Challenger's launch, icicles draped the Kennedy Space Center.

    The Challenger disaster: What went wrong

    Tue, Jan 25, 2011 11:49 AM by Space.com

    On the 25th anniversary, a look back at the tragic space mission that transformed NASA.

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