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Actor Dwayne Johnson, usually known for his action and comedic film roles, takes to the stars as an astronaut in a new animated feature that brings important messages about the importance of space exploration and education to those of us here on Earth.

This amazing image also shows thousands of star clusters, strewn like glittering gems, churning inside Centaurus A. Centaurus A is the nearest giant, elliptical galaxy, at a distance of about 11 million light-years. One of the most studied objects in the southern sky, by 1847 the unique appearance of this galaxy had already caught the attention of ...

Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word on the birth of one crewman's daughter Friday, as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk.

Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said in an interview published Friday.

Two key instruments from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have a new home in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington after being returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis last May.

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JOHN CUSACK MIGHT SURVIVE the end of the world in the new movie "2012," but if you want the real story of unlocking the Mayan calendar, experience Chabot's new digital full-dome show "Tales of the Maya Skies." Produced by Chabot Space and Science Center, the show explores the cosmology of the ancient Maya, their culture and contributions to ...

Will Arnett is going to space, which has nothing to do with the puppet in this picture.

How might a kid a ' OK, a teenager a ' protect himself from that dreaded fate described in legions of sci-fi movies , the anal probe? If you weren't thinking "champagne cork," you were way off, according to the sci-fi kids cartoon "Planet 51." A genial but generic riff on sci-fi movie history, "Planet" has barely enough slapstick to keep the kids ...

Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts are about to step out on the first spacewalk of their mission.Michael Foreman and Dr.

US space agency NASA has signed an agreement with ISRO to use data from Indian satellite Oceansat-2, for various American agencies for research activities, including weather forecasting.

The Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, along with the "contact lens" that corrected the defect in the Hubble Space Telescope 's primary mirror will have a new home.

The U.S. and China agreed to look into cooperation in space exploration during President Barack Obama's visit to that country.

Actor-turned-writer Justin Theroux is set to pen a draft of Space Invader , an astronaut romantic comedy at Fox.

Britain's aspirations to become a space-faring nation inched a little closer last night A British space traveller will be flown into orbit on the space shuttle as part of research that scientists hope will help explain how astronauts build and lose muscle as they circle the Earth.

NASA and Microsoft launched an interactive website on Tuesday that allows Web surfers to become Mars explorers.

Purdue University and NASA examined more than a dozen chemicals, most of which are generated by humans, and have developed a blueprint for the underlying molecular machinery of global warming.

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is ready roll to its launch pad -- its last stop before going into space to survey the sky in infrared light.

China and the United States highly value the fruitful scientific and technological results achieved in the past three decades, and agreed to start dialogue on aviation and railway cooperation, said a joint statement issued after talks between Chinese President Hu Jintao and visiting U.S. President Barack Obama in Beijing on Tuesday.

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, November 16, 2009 Source: NASA HQ - Comments WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a second national strategies workshop to examine the impacts of climate change and extreme weather variability on native peoples and their homelands.