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October 21, 2015

Huge solar flare delays rocket launch to Space Station

Worries over space weather radiation caused by a huge solar flare unleashed from the sun have delayed by 24 hours the planned launch of a private cargo ship to the International Space Station.

October 21, 2015

'Hand of God' spotted by NASA space telescope

Religion and astronomy may not overlap often, but a new NASA X-ray image captures a celestial object that resembles the "Hand of God."

October 21, 2015

Alien planet may lurk near failed stars

Astronomers have spotted signs of a possible exoplanet in a nearby system of twin failed stars.

October 21, 2015

Space suit issue leads to delay of second spacewalk

NASA is delaying its second repair spacewalk by a day to replace a suit for one of its astronauts.

October 21, 2015

NASA unveils ‘superhero’ robot Valkyrie that may be used to explore Mars

NASA has unveiled Valkyrie, an advanced humanoid "superhero" robot that appears female and may one day be used to explore Mars.

October 21, 2015

Ancient Mars lake could have supported life, Curiosity rover shows

NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence of an ancient Martian lake that could have supported life as we know it for long stretches — perhaps millions of years.

October 21, 2015

1st satellite built by high school students blasts into space

The first satellite designed and built by high school students blast edinto space along with a so-called "PhoneSat" built by NASA on Tuesday night.

October 21, 2015

Ancient Mars was once covered in water -- and MAVEN will find out where it went

Billions of years ago when the Red Planet was young, it likely had a thick atmosphere that was warm enough to support oceans of liquid water. Mars today is a barren desert however -- so what happened?

October 21, 2015

Sun's magnetic field will flip soon

The sun's polarity is getting closer to flipping.

October 21, 2015

Accident at Russian launchpad kills 2 officers

Russia's Defense Ministry says two officers died and three servicemen were hospitalized after cleaning rocket fuel tanks at a military launchpad.