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Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye spoke at a "Save NASA Science" press conference on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building in ...

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One of the most notable properties of the giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—are the ...

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research at UC Santa Cruz touch nearly ...

The case for a newborn ocean on Saturn's moon Mimas continues to build.

NASA confirmed that nuclear-micropowered probes (NMPs) using tritium betavoltaic power technology is possible. A new study ...

NASA is considering approving by next April up to two planetary science missions from four proposals under review, including one to Venus that scientists involved in the project said could help ...

A proposed 47% cut to NASA science from the Trump administration has sounded the alarm among scientists and space advocates — ...

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