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Jupiter's poles are a stark contrast to the more familiar orange and white belts and zones encircling the planet at lower latitudes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Jupiter's mystery jet-streams run deeper than thought: study

Its north pole is dominated by a central cyclone surrounded by eight circumpolar cyclones.

08 Mar 2018 1:44 PM

This composite image provided by NASA, derived from data collected by the Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft, shows the central cyclone at the planet’s north pole and the eight cyclones that encircle it. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM via AP)

Geometric clusters of cyclones churn over Jupiter’s poles

Jupiter’s poles are blanketed by geometric clusters of cyclones and its atmosphere is deeper than suspected.

08 Mar 2018 8:33 AM

This illustration from NASA shows Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. NASA is accepting online submissions until April 27, 2018, for sending your name on the spacecraft all the way to the sun. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben via AP)

NASA will fly you to the sun _ or at least your name

NASA is accepting online submissions for this hottest ticket in town.

08 Mar 2018 8:24 AM

It's the second satellite in an $11 billion effort that's already revolutionizing forecasting with fast, crisp images of hurricanes, wildfires and other natural calamities.

NASA launches advanced weather satellite for western US

The first spacecraft in the series has been monitoring the Atlantic and East Coast for the past year.

02 Mar 2018 9:04 AM

The image provided by the National Science Foundation shows a timeline of the universe. (N.R. Fuller/National Science Foundation via AP)

Astronomers glimpse cosmic dawn, when the stars switched on

Scientists have detected a signal from 180 million years after the Big Bang when the earliest stars began glowing.

01 Mar 2018 2:04 PM

The radio waves indicated the universe likely was twice as cold then as previously thought: minus 454 degrees Fahrenheit. (Representative Image)

Evidence of universe's earliest-known stars detected

Faint signals of hydrogen gas spotted by the instrument indicated the presence of stars 180 million years after the Big Bang.

01 Mar 2018 11:38 AM

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Japan's Norishige Kanai quickly moved one of those old hands to a long-term storage location outside, and took the other one inside so it can be returned to Earth for a tuneup and then flown back up.

Spacewalking astronauts finish months of robot arm repair

This last spacewalk in the series should have been completed long before.

17 Feb 2018 12:45 PM

There are six astronauts aboard the space station. (Photo: AP)

Russian cargo ship docks at International Space Station

It was launched on February 13 from the Russian space complex in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

16 Feb 2018 8:29 AM

Democratic FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said satellite internet service shows great promise.

SpaceX gets US regulator to back satellite internet plan

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai proposed the approval of an application by SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellites worldwide.

15 Feb 2018 8:35 AM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

'Pillownauts' to help study adverse effects of space travel

A 3-day bed rest study is being carried out at the University of Nottingha.

13 Feb 2018 9:22 AM

Many space experts and legislators are expressing concern.

Trump aims for moon, pulls back on space station, telescopes

The government would set aside $150 million to encourage commercial development and use future savings to aim for the moon.

13 Feb 2018 8:48 AM

The United States has already spent some USD 100 billion to launch, operate and support the orbital station.

US privatise International Space Station

The US plan involves privatising the ISS, a low-orbit space station piloted by the US space agency and developed with Russian counterpart.

12 Feb 2018 9:10 AM

This December 2017 false-color image made available by NASA in February 2018 shows KBO (Kuiper Belt object) 2012 HZ84. This image is, for now, one of the farthest pictures from Earth ever captured by a spacecraft. It was made by the New Horizons at 3.79 billion miles from Earth. (Photo: AP/NASA)

Farthest photos ever taken, from nearly 4 billion miles away

The NASA spacecraft has set a record for the farthest photos ever taken.

11 Feb 2018 1:19 PM

This photo shows two scientists test space suits and a geo-radar for use in a future Mars mission in the Dhofar desert of southern Oman. The desolate desert in southern Oman resembles Mars so much that more than 200 scientists from 25 nations organized by the Austrian Space Forum are using it for the next four weeks to field-test technology for a manned mission to Mars. (Photo: AP)

Mars on Earth: Simulation tests in remote desert of Oman

Astronaut Kartik Kumar says next step to Mars is to tackle non-engineering problems like medical emergency responses and others.

09 Feb 2018 5:43 PM

On February 6, an asteroid passed within 114,000 miles (184,000 kilometres), slightly more than halfway to the moon. (Photo: NASA)

Asteroid coming close Friday: Don’t worry, we’re safe

The newly discovered space rock will pass within 39,000 miles (64,000 kilometres) of Earth on February 9.

09 Feb 2018 5:16 PM

In deep space, accurate timekeeping is vital to navigation, but not all spacecraft have precise timepieces aboard.

NASA planning to test deep space atomic clock

NASA is gearing up to launch an atomic clock into space, which will help the space agency understand methods.

08 Feb 2018 4:32 PM

Musk, who also runs the electric car company Tesla, sent his Roadster into a long solar orbit stretching out to Mars.

Spacex 'Starman' at wheel of sports car flying on new rocket

Musk's Starman will cruise around the sun for a billion years.

07 Feb 2018 10:09 AM

NASA Mission Control said from Houston that the antenna wound up in a position 180 degrees farther than anticipated.

Recording-setting spacewalk ends with antenna in wrong spot

The trouble arose toward the end of the more than 8-hour spacewalk.

03 Feb 2018 2:11 PM

The IMAGE spacecraft undergoing launch preparations in early 2000. Credits: NASA

An amateur astronomer finds 12-year old satellite

The identity of the satellite re-discovered on January 20, 2018, has been confirmed as NASA’s IMAGE satellite.

01 Feb 2018 7:50 PM

The moon turns a reddish hue as it passes through the earth's shadow during a lunar eclipse as seen in Gauhati, India.

First Super Blue Blood Moon in 35 years

NASA is calling it a lunar trifecta: the first super blue blood moon since 1982. That combination won't happen again until 2037.

31 Jan 2018 9:08 PM

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