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China launches secretive Horus 1 remote-sensing satellite (video)
China sent a secretive remote-sensing satellite named Horus 1 to orbit on Friday night (Feb. 23) as the count…
China sent a secretive remote-sensing satellite named Horus 1 to orbit on Friday night (Feb. 23) as the count…
On Monday (Feb. 27) VMS Eve flew from California's Mojave Air and Space Port to Spaceport America in New …
NASA astronaut Josh Cassada captured a stunning shot of green auroras dancing in Earth's skies from his v…
A solar storm that swept across Earth on Monday (Feb. 27) forced SpaceX to delay a Starlink launch and tempor…
NASA has awarded a contract to Analytical Mechanics Associates of Hampton, Virginia, for services to support …
NASA has awarded a contract to Analytical Mechanics Associates of Hampton, Virginia, for services to support …
The Hakuto-R moon lander got 855,000 miles (1.376 million kilometers) from Earth on Jan. 20, farther than any…
China's Zhurong rover has provided one of the few peeks into what lies below the surface of Mars. from …
New space rules will need to come fast to support commercial space stations and moon settlements, and guard a…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 will answer media questions at 12:30 p.m. EST Wednesday, March 1, about their time aboar…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 will answer media questions at 12:30 p.m. EST Wednesday, March 1, about their time aboar…
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) team is troubleshooting the instrument as they seek to have the…
Former astronaut Chris Cassidy, who spent 378 days in space, is lending his hand to My Hand My Cause, a newly…
SpaceX plans to launch two Starlink satellite-internet missions less than an hour apart on Monday (Feb. 27), …
The moon and Mars will make a close approach high in the sky tonight (Feb. 27), making for a great skywatchin…
SpaceX scrubbed its Crew-6 astronaut launch for NASA on Monday (Feb. 27) with just over two minutes left in t…
SpaceX's Crew-6 mission for NASA will launch toward the International Space Station on Feb. 27, 2023. See…
Celestis has added DNA samples from four former American presidents to one of its upcoming memorial spaceflig…
A first look at samples returned by the Hayabusa2 craft from the asteroid Ryugu has revealed it is rich in or…
Scientists have discovered how Saturn's moon Enceladus blasts tiny silica particles into space, where the…
SpaceX's Crew-6 astronaut mission is still looking good to launch early Monday morning (Feb. 27), mission…
Mission managers for the first crewed Starliner flight are confident the spacecraft will launch in a 60-day w…
Phase 5 of the MCU is here, and that means some Disney Plus series are getting second seasons. Here’s what we…
NASA SpaceX Crew-6 mission continues at the end of this month when a team of astronauts head to International…
Feb. 25, 1982: Western Union launches Westar 4 communications satellite. from Space https://ift.tt/uJkK1ao�…
On this episode of This Week in Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik meet with Tom Jennings, the Peabody and Emmy …
Japan's space agency says it has identified the issue that caused the first launch of the H3 rocket to be…
The largest two-dimensional map of the sky over Earth ever created just got even larger now covering almost h…
The SpaceX Polaris Dawn private space mission that will see a crew of astronauts attempt to reach the highest…
NASA has selected Jacobs Technology Inc., of Tullahoma, Tennessee, to manage launch infrastructure, and to op…
The Department of Defense released an image taken from the cockpit of a U-2 spy plane of the suspected Chines…
NASA has selected Jacobs Technology Inc., of Tullahoma, Tennessee, to manage launch infrastructure, and to op…
Space shuttle Endeavour is about to get its 'boom' back. The California Science Center has reopened t…
The sun recently spat out an X-class solar flare, one of the most powerful it can emit, which triggered a rar…
In space, no one can hear you scream, but there is plenty to scream about when it comes to space horror. fr…
Last week's season-three premiere of "Star Trek: Picard" would've undoubtedly benefited fro…
The James Webb Space Telescope has looked inside one of the oldest components of our Milky Way galaxy, the Me…
SpaceX says it's ready for its first-ever Starship orbital launch attempt in March, but still lacks a lic…
NASA and Blue Origin’s Club for the Future will co-host multiple free in-person viewing events of the agency’…
NASA and Blue Origin’s Club for the Future will co-host multiple free in-person viewing events of the agency’…
Members of the media and public are invited to participate in NASA’s imaginAviation, a free, virtual event fo…
A review of director Peyton Reed's "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania." from Space https://if…
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft Endeavour has made it to the Florida launch site ahead of a planned Feb. 26 lift…
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The robots currently exploring Mars may not be capable of detecting potential traces of life on the Red Plane…
Russia has moved the launch of a replacement Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station to Feb. 23 ,…
The new moon meets Venus and Jupiter in the sky on Wednesday (Feb. 22) early in the morning and you can watch…
Kerbal Space Program 2 launches in Early Access on Feb. 24 and is easier to use, with interstellar space expl…
The asteroid that NASA's Lucy craft will visit in Nov 2023 has finally been given a name, Dinkinesh, mean…
Former astronaut Chris Cassidy, who spent 378 days in space, is lending his hand to My Hand My Cause, a newly…
You won't arrive at your destination for several hours after beginning Deliver Us Mars, but the world-bui…
The moon will be completely dark tonight as it enters the new moon phase of its 29.5-day cycle. from Space …
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a dazzling new view of two tempestuous young stars in the nearby Orion Ne…
An interview with showrunner, writer, and director Dean Devlin on his new sci-fi series, "The Ark" …
China plans to launch a pair of crewed missions to its new space station this year, with supplies also headin…
NASA's NuSTAR telescope has spotted patches of high-energy X-rays radiation across the sun's surface …
The first long-duration astronaut from the United Arab Emirates will be among four crew members flying to the…
Thousands of satellites and millions of out-of-control space debris fragments hurtle high above our heads, th…
Kilonova explosions created when neutron stars collide and merge are perfectly spherical, not flattened discs…
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mis…
The object blasted out of the sky over the Yukon on Feb. 11 may have been an amateur radio pico balloon — spe…
Read the latest news about SpaceX's Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station for NASA. from Sp…
The James Webb Space Telescope spied the arms of barred spiral galaxy NGC 1433 teeming with young stars that …
SpaceX launched 51 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Friday (Feb. 17), acing the first of two o…
The first long-duration astronaut from the United Arab Emirates joins two NASA astronauts and one Roscosmos c…
SpaceX plans to launch two orbital missions less than nine hours apart on Friday (Feb. 17), and you can watch…
The three mysterious objects shot down recently by U.S. fighter jets were likely research or recreation objec…
Black holes may be the origin of dark energy, according to a study by a team of researchers led by the Univer…
NASA and Boeing will host a mission overview media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST Friday, Feb. 17, to provide …
Melba Mouton worked during the era of "Hidden Figures" at NASA. The newly named Mons Mouton overloo…
Catch the fastest man alive on the silver screen this summer - here's everything we know about The Flash …
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope proves that astronomers don't have to look very far to find s…
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed Abell 2744 also known as "Pandora's Cluster" spotti…
Vincent Ledvina was as excited as the particles in the atmosphere over his head when a well-timed solar erupt…
The comet C/2022 A2 (Pan-STARRS) will reach perihelion, or the closest point to the sun in its orbit, on Sund…
Seeds sent along with a Chinese astronaut mission have been returned to Pakistan following a six-month-long s…
Russia has delayed the launch of a replacement Soyuz to the International Space Station until March, citing t…
On Feb. 15, 2003, a meteor exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, showing why we need better methods …
China's astronauts are working up a sweat in orbit with a variety of exercise machines designed to keep t…
"Star Trek Annual 2023" from IDW Publishing will arrive in May and Space.com has an exclusive look …
A new technique to measure starspots could help test stellar magnetism theories and improve our understanding…
South Korea's first moon mission is now fully operational and unveiling new views of the Earth and moon f…
The Hubble Space Telescope recently observed mysterious features known as spokes on Saturn's rings linked…
The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft has arrived at Europe's Spa…
Does Sony's latest APS-C camera live up to the high standard set by its predecessor? from Space https:/…
SHIELD director Nick Fury returns to the fray in Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion, the first Disney Plus serie…
Tonight the moon will reach its third-quarter phase, the last phase in the moon's monthly four-phase cycl…
A space rock transformed into a fireball within view of millions on Monday (Feb. 13) about 10 years after the…
Visible light images, far-ultraviolet data, and infrared data are combined into one detailed portrait of the …
Green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) has been predicted to have a period of 50,000 years, but there’s a chance it’s ra…
2023 will have two very special solar eclipses. While the first solar eclipse is incredibly rare, the second …
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the U.S. shot down an unidentified flying object over the Yukon, …
A major solar flare erupted from the erupted from the sun on Saturday (Feb. 11) and a NASA spacecraft caught …
The Black History Month event Friday (Feb. 10) included astronauts, NASA directors and a discussion of why di…
The icy volcanism of Pluto's moon Charon may be driven by an internal frozen ocean erupted through a thin…
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a young, distant galaxy feasting on its neighbors just like the e…
A new image taken with two cutting-edge telescopes shows a spiral galaxy as a swirling formation of bright bl…
India's national space agency ISRO has begun testing a mock crew module for the country's most ambiti…
On Feb. 11, 2010, NASA launched a spacecraft to study the inner workings of the sun. The new Solar Dynamics O…
Dramatic new photos highlight Thursday's (Feb. 9) landmark static fire test, in which SpaceX's Booste…
Gaseous planets close to their star could see their hydrogen atmospheres evaporate, leaving behind helium tha…
The four-time NBA champion is reaching for space with Blue Origin's non-profit, Club for the Future. fr…
Two enormous cracks in Earth's crust opened near the Turkish-Syrian border after two powerful earthquakes…
King Charles III met on Feb. 9 with Chris Hadfield, the retired Canadian astronaut best known for commanding …
NASA is now seeking procurement ideas and solutions to encourage innovation from diverse perspectives, improv…
NASA is now seeking procurement ideas and solutions to encourage innovation from diverse perspectives, improv…
Samus returns to the Nintendo Switch in Metroid Prime Remastered, a new version of the GameCube classic with …
NASA's CAPSTONE moon mission had a communications glitch that took 11 days to resolve, but all is back to…
Valentine's Day Gift List 2023 for Star War, Star Trek, Lego, NASA fans and more. from Space https://if…
NASA has selected Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc., of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for the Environmental Comp…
The James Webb Space Telescope had to perform outside of its design limits to observe the collision of NASA&#…
Virgin Orbit's debut Cornwall orbital launch ended in failure Jan. 9, and early stages of the investigati…
NASA has selected Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc., of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for the Environmental Comp…
The European Space Agency has successfully unfurled a sail aboard a used cubesat to help drag the spacecraft …
NASA has selected Autonomic Integra of Gaithersburg, Maryland, for specialized scientific support services to…
Images from all around the world celebrated the 'micromoon' of February 2023, including pictures of m…
Astronomers have directly imaged a brown dwarf, a so-called "failed star," in the Hyades cluster, w…
Students from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 9 in Rochester, New York, will have an opportunity this w…
Students from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 9 in Rochester, New York, will have an opportunity this w…
ULA's heavy-lift Vulcan Centaur rocket could launch for the first time in the next few months, if testing…
On Jan. 31, 2023, Boeing completed its last 747, the airplane that helped make international air travel affor…
Taking those bucolic wildlife shots has now entered your life. Frame amazing mountain and seaside scenes for …
Five years ago today (Feb. 6), SpaceX's brawny Falcon Heavy rocket left Earth for the first time ever, se…
Stargazers across the world, as well as celebrants of China's Lantern Festival, hailed the arrival of the…
The United Nations Satellite Centre has activated its emergency mapping service following a devastating earth…
The Potensic Atom SE is a fantastic drone for beginners, offering a foldable design and a sub 250g weight, bu…
NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about thre…
Media accreditation is open for SpaceX’s 27th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the International Space…
Media accreditation is open for SpaceX’s 27th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the International Space…
A rotating universe would be capable of rotating your future into your own past, allowing you to travel back …
The gravitational waves would be weak, but potentially detectable by the next joint observing run of the worl…
A stunning new view of the Tarantula Nebula captures turbulent clouds of gas and dust swirling between young …
Humanity faces greater existential threats than it did during the Cold War, according to the Bulletin of Atom…
Crew-6 will head to the International Space Station after its Feb. 26 launch, but three of its four crewmembe…
February's Full Snow Moon rises on Sunday (Feb. 5) and will be the smallest full moon of the year due to …
Thirty-five new astronauts joined the corps in 1978, among them women and people of color who reshaped the ag…
An F-22 fighter jet destroyed a Chinese balloon with a Sidewinder missile on Saturday (Feb. 4) when the airsh…
SpaceX plans to launch Hispasat's Amazonas Nexus communications satellite to orbit Sunday (Feb. 5), and y…
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket notched its 200th successful orbital mission on Thursday (Feb. 2), and the compa…
NASA is awarding $11.7 million to eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through the new …
NASA has selected Astrotech Space Operations, LLC of Titusville, Florida, and Space Exploration Technologies …
Indian space officials say they know what went wrong on the debut flight of the nation's new rocket last …
NASA has selected Astrotech Space Operations, LLC of Titusville, Florida, and Space Exploration Technologies …
February's Full Snow Moon rises on Sunday (Feb. 5), and you can watch it shine brightly in the sky from t…
Wolf 1069 b offers a unique opportunity to study a potentially habitable and tidally locked exoplanet. from…
Commercial astronauts, disability advocates and private space experiment makers are adding more parabolic air…
NASA's Curiosity rover has rolled up on another meteorite on Mars, an iron-nickel rock the mission team h…
Two spacewalking astronauts wiggled a stubborn strut into place, completing the installation of a solar array…
As NASA nears selecting its first crew to fly to the moon in more than 50 years, the agency has a new leader …
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Marvel Comics has released a first fearful look at a new "Alien" comic coming this spring. from S…
Even as the James Webb Space Telescope is allowing astronomers to see inside vast, distant galaxies, it's…
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan's Koichi Wakata are scheduled to make the second spacewalk of 2023 o…
SYFY's new space survival series "The Ark" launches tonight with a spaceship disaster waking pa…
A newly released image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows a crowded field of galaxies and stars…
Collins, who died in 2021 at age 90, was the first person to orbit the moon solo during Apollo 11 in 1969. …