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NASA researchers say they have passed a major milestone in their quest to mature more powerful tools for detecting the atmospheres of giant exoplanets.

Preparation of NASA's next spacecraft to Mars, InSight, has ramped up this summer, on course for launch next May as the first interplanetary launch from California.

Fossil remains recovered from 70 to 100 million-year-old rocks in southwestern Tanzania.

A good watch can take a beating and keep on ticking. With the right parts, can a rover do the same on a planet like Venus?

Scientists studying microbes from some of the saltiest lakes in Antarctica have discovered a new way that the tiny organisms can share DNA that could help them grow and survive.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will use its infrared capabilities to study the “ocean worlds” of Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

A team of astronomers has used ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer to map Antares's surface.

Researchers have a new model for explaining how clouds move and change shape in brown dwarfs, using insights from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

It’s not a bird or a plane but it might be a solar storm.

Astrophysicists have predicted that an Earth-like planet may be lurking in a star system just 16 light years away.