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

  • NASA to outsource space station's science projects

    Mon, Dec 06, 2010 3:51 PM by Space.com

    Over the last decade, more than 400 scientific experiments have been conducted on the space station.

  • A Perseid meteor

    Best meteor shower of 2010 arrives in December

    Mon, Dec 06, 2010 9:50 AM by Space.com

    The Geminid meteor shower will be visible night of Dec. 13 and into the morning.

  • Satellite in space

    'Programming error' caused Russian rocket failure

    Mon, Dec 06, 2010 5:58 AM by Agence France-Presse

    Rocket was to deliver Russian GPS satellites into space.

  • SpaceX tests rocket ahead of Tuesday launch

    Sat, Dec 04, 2010 2:10 PM by Irene Klotz, Reuters

    NASA planning to contract SpaceX for cargo transport into space by the end of 2011.

  • Workers remove the vent line attached to the ground umbilical carrier plate on shuttle Discovery's bright-orange external fuel tank

    NASA delays shuttle Discovery's final launch to February

    Fri, Dec 03, 2010 1:08 PM by Space.com

    Delay allows engineers more time to complete work to analyze why small cracks developed in the shuttle's huge external fuel tank.

  • X-37B space plane prototype

    Secret X-37B robotic space plane returning to Earth soon

    Fri, Dec 03, 2010 11:54 AM by Space.com

    The military is planning a second plane slated for a 2011 launch.

  • Web lights up over NASA's signs of alien life

    Fri, Dec 03, 2010 9:24 AM

    Video: For the last 24 hours, speculation that NASA might announce that ET has finally phoned home went viral.

  • NASA researcher discovers arsenic-eating bacteria

    Thu, Dec 02, 2010 1:45 PM by Space.com

    Groundbreaking discovery changes search for alien life.

  • Artist's impression of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, as seen from one of Pluto's two other known moons.

    Fighting for Pluto's planet title: Q&A with planetary scientist Alan Stern

    Thu, Dec 02, 2010 10:47 AM by Space.com

    Stern calls definition of a planet 'sloppy' and 'nonsensical.'

  • Titan, Saturn's moon

    Speculation feeds flap on NASA alien life

    Wed, Dec 01, 2010 5:02 PM by Randolph E. Schmid, AP

    After NASA announced plans for a briefing, the Internet exploded with speculation that alien life had been discovered.

  • This artist’s impression shows the super-Earth exoplanet GJ 1214b passing in front of its faint red parent star.

    Atmosphere of alien super-Earth revealed for first time

    Wed, Dec 01, 2010 3:12 PM by Space.com

    The super-Earth, discovered in 2009, is larger than the Earth we live on but smaller than planets such as Jupiter and Saturn.

  • 10 amazing images of Jupiter

    10 amazing images of Jupiter

    Wed, Dec 01, 2010 10:10 AM by Katherine Butler

    Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system and fifth from the sun. Thanks to several missions by NASA, we're able to see our biggest neighbor as never before.

  • Green fireballs seen in the Australian sky were captured in photos, this one taken by a member of the public in Brisbane.

    Mystery of green fireball 'UFOs' solved

    Wed, Dec 01, 2010 9:17 AM by LiveScience

    Research suggests the UFO sightings over Australia were most likely meteors and ball lightning.

  • Orbital Test Vehicle or X-37B

    Secret military mini space shuttle headed back to Earth

    Tue, Nov 30, 2010 7:31 PM by Irene Klotz, Reuters

    The vehicle, known as the Orbital Test Vehicle or X-37B, is expected to land at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California between Friday and Monday.

  • Boomerang-shaped galaxy reveals clues to colossal clusters

    Tue, Nov 30, 2010 11:07 AM by Space.com

    Presence of such galaxies may signify fertile star-forming regions.

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