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Microorganisms can survive in space and on other planets, safe behind dried-up biofilms

Worry and excitement, all in one paper.

First amazing photos of Earth and its weather beamed back by NOAA's most advanced satellite

More than just pretty pictures.

European Space Agency gets 9.5% budget increase in 2017

It's good news for space exploration.

New NASA phone app is basically 'Plant Sims in Space'

Take a trip on the ISS and grow some plants.

Earth might have had 20 moonlets before they coalesced to form *the* Moon

Our humble satellite just got a heck of a lot more interesting.

You can't see a black hole but this timelapse is the next best thing

And things are about to get even more exciting.

Hubble Telescope maps Voyager's road trip

As Voyager continues to go where no other mission has gone before, it receives a bit of help from the Hubble Telescope.

What shape is the Universe, really?

The Universe is flat, according to modern research. But what does that mean?

Rubies and sapphires rain down on huge planet

Still a hellish planet, but a beautiful hellish planet at that.

Space loops: NASA shares its GIF collection

A new reaction GIF archive, courtesy of NASA.

Cosmic dust identified on cities' rooftops for the first time in history

Space -- a pretty dusty place.

Startup gets green light to travel to the moon and explore for resources

This is the first company to travel to the Moon and explore its potential for resources.

NASA plans to build robots that explore frozen worlds from metallic glass so they don't shatter

"Cold enough to shatter robots" is pretty cold in my book.

Russian-launched Progress resupply module crashes on-route to the ISS

Nobody was hurt and no one is starving but it's never fun when this happens.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft to finally reach Saturn's rings

The Cassini spacecraft, which has already had a helluva ride, is preparing for an exciting stage: studying Saturn's rings.

What China's latest X-ray positioning satellite means for deep-space exploration

Made in China might become a stamp for innovation, not replication.

It's official: NASA's "impossible" EM drive has been peer-reviewed and published

Complicated physics, impossible results.

Martian minerals might bear signatures of ancient life

Findings alien life on barren planet like Mars seems unlikely, but the discovery of the century might that of past life.

Peggy Whitson becomes oldest female in space, shoots for longest-serving astronaut

Not a small feat.

"Escape our fragile planet" in the next 1,000 years or perish, Stephen Hawking says

Pack up!

Astronomers discover deep valley on Mercury formed through Earth-like processes

Mercury, one of the most hellish places in the Solar System, is shrinking.

Pluto's 'heart' might be filled with an ocean of liquid water

Pluto shares some love.

There's a strange similarity between your cells and neutron stars

Researchers have found an intriguing resemblance between the human cells and neutron stars.

A huge black hole is zipping 'naked' through the universe, and it's not phased one bit by it

What an astronomical flasher.

NASA celebrates 16 years of International Space Station with 16 amazing GIFs

16 years of a glorious experiment.

The biggest space telescope in the world, the JWST, is finally complete. It will launch in 2018

The James Webb Space Telescope can see a bumblebee a moon's distance away.

Curiosity finds weird metallic meteorite on Mars

While taking its usual stroll on Mars, the Curiosity Rover found something unexpected: a dark, smooth meteorite.

New laser tech could be the life-sniffing 'nose' for NASA's next Mars rover

An innovative technology could drastically up our chances of finding alien life inside the solar system.

A new model to explain the Moon's weird orbit suggests a much more violent genesis

It doesn't answer everything -- but it's a good point to start from.

Amazing photos of Exp 49 astronauts touching down on Earth after 115 days in space

One skilled photographer shows what coming to Earth feels like.

Astronomers shoot incredible image of Jupiter-sized alien planet and its parent star 1,200 light-years away

A glimpse from outer space.

The GLEAM team shows us how space would look if we could see radio waves

Hint: it would be spectacular.

ISS crew just planted their third lettuce crop, hope to make it a permanent farm

Lettuce have a feast, then!

Orbiting probe take snapshot of Mars Landers' grave -- RIP, Schiaparelli

Footage from the crime scene.

2001 Mars Odyssey Spacecraft Reaches 15-Year Anniversary

For a record-breaking 15 years now, the Mars Odyssey spacecraft has orbited Mars and provided an unprecedented global view of the planet.

Jupiter's cloud bands extend for hundreds of kilometers into the atmosphere

Scientists peeled Jupiter and make striking findings.

Elon Musks answers your (and everyone else's) questions about interplanetary travel

Things just got serious.

European lander likely crashes onto Mars

The bad news starts to sink in.

Astronomers may have discovered a new cosmic phenomena -- and we don't really know what it is

What we do know is that it blasts enormously powerful X-rays into the void.

A pair of astronauts have entered China's Tiangong 2 space station, beginning the country's longest manned space mission

China is making strides in its own space program.

Blink, and you might miss the brightest stars in our neighborhood blowing up

It's going to be one heck of a show once it happens.

Astronomers may have just discovered two new moons around Uranus

Two dark shapes discovered around Uranus.

Second generation EM drive is just around the corner, patent made public on Friday

No gas? No problem!

Awesome satellite imagery shows surprising images of North Korea

What a time to be alive.

Universe has 2 trillion galaxies, 20 times more than we thought, new study claims

We may have dramatically underestimated what lies in the Universe.

Latest census finds ten times more galaxies in the Universe -- that's nearly two trillion

More mind-boggling than ever.

Scientists find new dwarf planet in our solar system

Astronomers have found a cosmic friend for Pluto.

Proxima Centauri is more like Earth than we thought, might host habitable planet

It's a star party.

NASA rover will investigate liquid-carved gully on Mars

The little rover that could.

ESA transmits ExoMars' landing commands, eagerly awaits the event

After 8 months in space, ESA's crafts are approaching the martian surface.

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