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April 25, 2019

NASA captures Martian landslide in stunning pic

NASA has released a stunningly beautiful image of a landslide on Mars in an area known as Cerberus Fossae.

April 25, 2019

Douglas Cooke: Trump's moon plan is a good one -- too bad his critics (and the media) badly want to derail it

Stopping a successful moon mission from occurring under the Trump administration seems to be exactly what some critics want.

April 25, 2019

Russia may soon mothball its most historic launchpad: report

Russia may soon decommission its most historic launch site, from which the world's first satellite, Sputnik, was lofted into space.

April 24, 2019

The world's largest atom smasher could be tweaked to hunt 'dark world' particles

Scientists may have a new way to peer into physics' "dark world."

April 24, 2019

US Navy drafting new guidelines for reporting UFOs

The U.S. Navy is drafting new guidelines for pilots and other employees to report encounters with "unidentified aircraft."

April 24, 2019

NASA's InSight lander records first-ever 'Mars quake'

NASA may have recorded the first-ever "marsquake," thanks to its InSight lander.

April 23, 2019

There are toxic fungi in space and no one knows if they're dangerous

Potentially dangerous fungi are living on space stations and spacecraft right now — but we have no idea if they're harmful for astronauts and scientists need to do much more research to figure that out.

April 23, 2019

Saturn's moon Titan has polar vortexes that can last 22 years

According to a new study, the polar vortex on Saturn's moon, Titan, can last "three-quarters of a Titan year, or about 22 Earth years."

April 23, 2019

It rains on the Sun (just not the way you think)

Astronomers have detected "plasma rain" pouring down over the solar surface, which may explain why the sun's outer atmosphere is so much hotter than the star's surface.

April 22, 2019

Lyrid meteor shower peaks this week: How to watch the starry spectacle

Stargazers are going to appreciate these April showers.