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American, Russian leave Earth this week for year in space

October 20, 2015

American, Russian leave Earth this week for year in space

An American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut are moving into the International Space Station this week and staying for an entire year.

SpaceX will try to land rocket on floating ocean platform next week

October 20, 2015

SpaceX will try to land rocket on floating ocean platform next week

SpaceX will apparently attempt something truly epic during next week's cargo launch to the International Space Station.

Most of Earth's water came from asteroids, not comets

October 20, 2015

Most of Earth's water came from asteroids, not comets

Asteroids, not comets, may have delivered most of Earth's water to the planet when the solar system was young, new data from a probe orbiting a comet suggests.

Private Mars colony project wants help choosing 2018 lander experiments

October 20, 2015

Private Mars colony project wants help choosing 2018 lander experiments

You can help choose one of the science payloads that a Mars colonization effort will launch toward the Red Planet in 2018.

'Interstellar' science: Is wormhole travel possible?

October 20, 2015

'Interstellar' science: Is wormhole travel possible?

Sci-fi fans who hope humanity can one day zoom to distant corners of the universe via wormholes, as astronauts do in the recent film "Interstellar," shouldn't hold their breath.

Color of Jupiter's great red spot comes from epic sunburn

October 20, 2015

Color of Jupiter's great red spot comes from epic sunburn

The Great Red Spot on Jupiter's face is secretly dull in color.

Results of European comet lander's experiments due Monday

October 20, 2015

Results of European comet lander's experiments due Monday

A first evaluation of the data that comet lander Philae sent to the European Space Center before its depleted batteries forced it to go silent will be released Monday, the German aeronautics and space research center said.

Alien life could thrive on 'supercritical' CO2 instead of water

October 20, 2015

Alien life could thrive on 'supercritical' CO2 instead of water

Alien life might flourish on an exotic kind of carbon dioxide, researchers say.

Bizarre shape of Uranus' 'Frankenstein' moon explained

October 20, 2015

Bizarre shape of Uranus' 'Frankenstein' moon explained

The strange appearance of Uranus' moon Miranda may finally have an explanation.

'Strikingly geometric' shapes hidden on moon's surface

October 20, 2015

'Strikingly geometric' shapes hidden on moon's surface

A massive feature on the moon formed due to lunar rifts, in a surprise revision to earlier theories, research shows.