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NASA failed to delete sensitive data on computers and hard drives before selling the equipment as part of its plan to end the Space Shuttle program, an audit released on Tuesday shows.

Brace yourselves to witness the most intense meteor shower next week as the Geminid shower, which peaks this year on December 13 and 14, promises to be the best celestial event of the year.

For the first time, a private company has successfully launched a spacecraft to orbit and returned it to Earth.

In less than a day after the successful launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 commercial rocket and Dragon capsule on Wednesday, NASA's Glenn Research Center and the Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT) of Canada are conducting tests that simulate the mining on Mars and the moon.

A privately owned company put a spacecraft into orbit and brought it back on Wednesday in a groundbreaking test flight NASA hopes will lead to cargo runs to the International Space Station after the space shuttles are retired next year.

A privately owned company put a spacecraft into orbit and brought it back on Wednesday in a groundbreaking test flight NASA hopes will lead to cargo runs to the International Space Station after the space shuttles are retired next year.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has told the Guardian newspaper that there are, indeed, some references to UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) that reamined a mystery.

The US Air Force's secret unmanned space shuttle X-37B landed at 1:16 a.m. Pacific time on Friday, concluding its more than 220-day experimental test mission. It was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on April 22.

Yearly global emissions of anaesthetic agents can be compared with that of carbon dioxide emissions from one million cars or one coal-fired power plant, says a study.

Scientists found a form of bacteria that can use arsenic in its DNA, and uses the arsenic to metabolize and grow.

A magnetic filament erupted on Tuesday in the Sun, which is heading towards the Earth. The eruption might stimulate auroras particularly in the polar regions on December 3.

Armed with new researches and discoveries, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is back in the news again. While NASA promised to provide insights into its findings on astrobiology on Thursday, there have been several other developments at the agency this week.

The U.S. government had been secretly sheltering Nazi war criminals for several years and has clashed with other nations over their fate, a 600-page report, which the Department of Justice has tried to keep hidden from the public, reveals.

The U.S. Air Force's unmanned space shuttle is set to return to earth by next week, after spending seven months in the planet.

The blogosphere is rife with speculation about what NASA will say in its press conference tomorrow.

Earth and space science missions developed by federal agencies in collaboration become more complex, costly and risky due to divided responsibilities and accountability, according to a new research.

Two Americans and a Russian have landed safely in Kazakhstan in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft after ending their 5-1/2 month stay at the International Space Station.

In a radical twist to NASA's accomplishments, British author Nick Redfern has raised many questions on the space agency efforts in exploring outer space, including the Apollo moon landings, the controversial face on Mars, UFO sightings and other secret space programs, in his new book NASA Conspiracies.

Researchers have found that one of the Jupiter's stripes that disappeared last spring is now showing signs of a comeback. The latest observations will help scientists better understand the interaction between Jupiter's winds and cloud chemistry.

Even as scientists are warning that the increasing global warming could be a threat to aquatic species, NASA researchers have determined that Earth's largest lakes have warmed during the past 25 years in response to climate change.

SpaceX, which aims to be the first private company to launch manned space vehicles, reached another milestone with its Federal Aviation Administration License for re-entry to Earth's atmosphere.