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A lake on Titan, the largest of Saturn's moons, bears striking resemblance to a lake on Earth, NASA and the European Space Agency said on in a joint study.

A strong solar storm could cause devastating consequences for the planet, researchers said. Earth needs to better prepare for an event that could knock out power and GPS satellites, possibly for months.

Filmmaker James Cameron seems quite busy these days with his efforts to explore the unexplored. After making a successful dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on Earth, the Titanic-maker has now joined hands with Google executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt in backing Planetary Resources, a mysterious company that promises to help ensure humanity's prosperity.

Just a few days before it turns 22, the premium space science observatory has delivered an image of one of the largest mosaics of several million young stars in the heart of the Tarantula nebula.

These photos follow the space shuttle Discovery on its final mission. It lifted off on Tuesday morning from Florida and swooped past Washington, D.C., before touching down in Virginia to assume its place of honor at the Smithsonian Museum.

The space shuttle Discovery is all set for its final take-off. Strapped to a jumbo jet, NASA's oldest and most traveled space shuttle will take off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and land at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's in Virginia.

On Tuesday, the Discovery Space Shuttle will catch a flight to its new hometown of Chantilly, Virginia. There it will be put on permanent display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

A perfectly rectangular structure was discovered on Mars after amateur space enthusiasts investigated NASA pictures of the Red Planet. Based on the picture, the Mars monolith bears a resemblance to the monoliths left on Earth and the moon in the Stanley Kubrick classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

A Mars rover found life on the red planet in 1976, according to a new study

Connecticut authorities said they did not find anything after a state trooper and another witness saw a large whale size object falling from the sky. Could it be a UFO?

Chile's Atacama Desert is a place of constant change. Steamy days give way to harsh nights, desert sands give way to sweeping salt flats, and, at any given time of day, the landscape could transform from dove-white to tan, coral, peach, mauve, and indigo. Who knew the driest place on Earth could be so alive?

Did NASA astronauts see UFOs during the 2006 Atlantis mission? A YouTube video, posted on April 8, shows three orbs-like structures moving around Space Shuttle Atlantis, as it floats in orbit during the 2006 mission.

China's space program remains far behind the U.S. in sophistication and technological advancement, but this summer the People's Republic is expected to carry out another two historic firsts. The summer 2012 mission is predicted to make history by sending China's first female astronaut into space and will be China's first manned space docking.

A giant fireball streaked across the sky in the middle of the day, much to the wonder and awe of the Texans who witnessed the event.

The widely popular first person shooting franchise “Halo” is expected to launch its fourth installment in the second half of this year, and fans are anticipating the release. New concept art has just leaked revealing the game’s upcoming multiplayer map.

Flying cars were back on the radar again when the PAL-V took to the air for its maiden flight, the Dutch company PAL-V Europe NV announced Sunday.

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, located the engines from the Apollo 11 rocket that brought Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon in 1969 14,000 feet underwater.

An unmanned European supply vessel carrying more than six tonnes of freight docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday reinforcing Europe's role in the functioning of the ISS, space officials said.

A passing piece of potentially dangerous space debris forced astronauts at the International Space Station to temporarily seek refuge in escape ships early on Saturday, U.S. officials said.

A NASA space probe has discovered a new ocean on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Dubbed the Enceladen Ocean, some researchers speculate that there could be life on one of Saturn's moons.

The Messenger Probe has pointed to the possibility of active geologic processes, a giant core, and even ice water on the tiny planet Mercury.