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• http://www.space.com,by Mike WallHuge numbers of people on Earth are keen to leave the planet forever and seek a new life homesteading on Mars.
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Huge numbers of people on Earth are keen to leave the planet forever and seek a new life homesteading on Mars.
A new type of engine could usher in an era of affordable spaceplanes
SpaceX is gearing up for a landmark liftoff that will not only inaugurate a new rocket upgrade and refurbished launch pad, but also provide a test of reusable rocket technology.
Meteorites baked in Earth's hydrothermal vents might have released molecules crucial to forming cell-like membranes in early life forms.
Widespread panic due to solar flares and satellite collisions is no longer the stuff of science-fiction now that these risks have the potential to create prolonged business interruption and billions in insured losses.
Only a few dozen will be chosen for the 2023 mission to colonize the red planet.
NASA has big plans for robots and tricorders.
The specific area that InSight occupies is not critical since it will be studying the planet as a whole, rather than a specific region.
It is tragic beyond measure that human exploration has been neutered since 1972. Sure, we've sent out a few probes and placed a good telescope in orbit, but we have done nothing brave, nothing bold, nothing daring.
British billionaire Richard Branson's commercial space venture Virgin Galactic took one step closer to carrying tourists into space with its latest supersonic test flight.
We’re a sucker for anything that puts us in the cockpit of an exciting flight, and Virgin Galactic has kindly obliged.
Everything you need to know about U.S. portals to space
We may all be Martians.
We have a space station in permanent orbit ... but not a lot of rockets that can get there.
Or at least a little piece of it?
NASA's next moon shot — a robotic spacecraft tasked with investigating lunar dust and the moon's thin atmosphere — is set to launch from Virginia this week.
Martian minerals dissolved in groundwater are much more likely to yield a key building block for life – phosphate – than dissolved minerals on Earth.
Radio frequency communication is rapidly approaching its upper limit of usefulness to the space agency.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to put humans on Mars in the next 10 to 15 years.
The blaze raging its way through a national forest in the Yosemite National Park area, known as the Rim fire, can be seen with frightening clarity at the center of this image taken by NASA's Suomi NPP satellite on August 23.
A private space plane took to the skies for the second time ever Thursday (Aug. 22), passing a "captive carry" test that will help pave the way for the new vehicle's free-flying debut this fall.
Warp-drive technology, a form of "faster than light" travel popularized by TV's "Star Trek," could be bolstered by the physics of quantum thrusters — another science-fiction idea made plausible by modern science.
When Joe lived back on Earth, it felt like the years were flying by.
Astronauts could one day get a power surge from hi-tech robotic suits, like real-life versions of "Iron Man" hero Tony Stark.
The earliest known iron artifacts come from outer space, according to new research from University College London.
With a massive coronal eruption from the sun, NASA warns of an approaching geomagnetic storm. While the effects will probably be mild, some power grid and satellite services could be disrupted.
Astronauts could one day get a power surge from hi-tech robotic suits, like real-life versions of "Iron Man" hero Tony Stark.
Voyager 1 has left the solar system.
NASA’s plan to share a space shuttle launch pad being modified for its new heavy-lift rocket with commercial users may have a fatal flaw.
Tunnels stretch for hundreds of feet into cliff behind unassuming facade and reportedly hold sacred texts.Mysterious pair of overlapping circles with a diamond inside believed to be navigation markers for space craft.Compound is 20 miles from nearest