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NASA is interpreting a fascinating array of new data about Mercury, including the possibility of the existence of water. (more)

The Voyager probes that NASA launched more than 30 years ago are leaving our solar system. (more)

A black hole has been discovered as part of a binary star system, drawing matter and energy from its stellar twin. (more)

Recent research proposes that the building blocks of life could have formed around a distant star, lending viability to the theory that life on Earth could have been seeded from elsewhere. (more)

A proposed mission by NASA and the European Space Agency to Jupiter to study the prospect of life on its moons inches closer to reality. (more)

In a new paper, an astronomer proposes that life on Earth could have originated from dead alien DNA. (more)

Long journeys through space could cause astronauts to experience severe muscle loss. (more)

A planet with a comet-like tail has been discovered outside of our solar system. (more)

Astronomers have discovered a strange bubble of gas emanating from a nearby black hole. (more)

Scientists have discovered that massive gamma ray bubbles seem to be emanating from the center of our galaxy. (more)

Stunned astronomers are baffled by Jupiter's missing stripe. (more)

A new theory proposes that the planet Neptune once swallowed up a super-Earth and snatched its moon. (more)

A mission to one of Saturn's moons has revealed the ingredients for life. (more)

Radio waves traveling faster than the speed of light have been discovered in space. (more)

NASA's Kepler telescope has discovered new planets and mysterious celestial objects that are confounding astronomers. (more)