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An international team of scientists who analyzed data from the Gamma Ray Spectrometer onboard NASA's Mars Odyssey reports new evidence for the controversial idea that oceans once covered about a third of ancient Mars.

A bright light lit up the sky around 5:30 MT Thursday evening in Western Canada, with people reporting sightings in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Carbon dioxide, one of the telltale signs that a planet may be able to support life, has been spotted in the atmosphere of a gas giant orbiting a star 63 light years from Earth.

NASA astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour's mission will install an instrument on the International Space Station that can "smell" dangerous chemicals in the air. Designed to help protect crew members' health and safety, its the experimental "ENose."

How does distilled urine and sweat taste? Not bad, actually.

If you are into solar power and have a working knowledge of what is involved in harnessing the energy from the sun, then you may be even more excited about the prospect of solar power from space!

Also known by the popular name the "Little Dumbbell Nebula", M76 is one of the fainter objects listed in Charles Messier's 18th century Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters.

Nasa has successfully tested a communications system designed to work in deep space modelled on the internet

Cool stuff | NASA is looking for a name for the next Mars rover, officially called the Mars Science Laboratory. They've decided to have a contest, and it's open to school ch

Phil Hart is an Australian amateur astronomer and astrophotographer. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing him for many years, and in that time I have watched his skill at photographing the night sky grow in leaps and bounds...