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Space Forge said Dec. 31 it generated plasma aboard its first satellite, a milestone the British startup says shows it can create and maintain conditions needed to produce valuable semiconductor materials in LEO. The pos...

Two spiral galaxies locked in a slow motion collision have been captured in stunning detail by NASAs James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory. The pair grazed past each other millions of years ago, trigge...

Two NASA heliophysics missions launched together in September are performing well, while a third mission launched earlier this year is beginning limited operations despite problems with one spacecraft. The post Heliophys...

From Grogu to the Death Star, we look back over the Lego Star Wars sets released over the course of 2025.

The power of Grayskull, Superman's cousin, and the return of a certain galaxy far, far away are among 2026's big-screen wonders.

An impressive display piece for Lego-loving space fans who want to commemorate the legacy of this iconic post-Space Race vessel.

NASA's new chief Jared Isaacman said controversial proposal to move the space shuttle Discovery to Texas from its current home in a Smithsonian Air and Space Museum hangar in Virginia, may end with a different spacec...

There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such returns are still years away.

Tory Bruno, the longtime chief of the launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) has joined the competition at Blue Origin.

SpaceX just set a new annual-launch record for the sixth year in a row, and the numbers are getting pretty silly.

China is aiming for a first launch of a reusable, cargo-optimized variant of its new crew launch vehicle in the first half of the year. The post China to debut reusable Long March 10-derived rocket in first half of 2026 ...

Constellations, planets, a waxing moon and more grace the night sky this New Year's Eve.

A supernova observed by Chinese and Japanese astronomers in 1181 CE didnt fully explode, instead it sputtered and left behind a rare zombie star surrounded by long filaments resembling fireworks. New research by Syracuse...

A female mouse that spent two weeks aboard Chinas space station has successfully given birth to healthy pups after returning to Earth. This marks the first time offspring have been born from mammals that have traveled in...

Using the Einstein Probe (EP), astronomers have detected a new X-ray transient event, which turned out to be an X-ray flare from the star PM J23221-0301 located about 150 light years away. The finding was reported in a r...

Winds exceeding 110 mph that tore across the top of Mount Hamilton early Christmas morning blasted a massive steel protective door off the iconic white dome at Lick Observatory.

How did hot Jupiters end up orbiting so close to their stars, thus earning their moniker? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as a team of researchers from The University of...

247th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting SATURDAY, JANUARY 3 8:30AM - 6:0PM NASAs Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG) 301DJosh Pepper, Dawn Gelino, Karl Stapelfeldt, Nick Siegler, Jessie Christ...

247th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #401 for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. SUNDAY, JANUARY 4 6:45 - 7:00 PMNancy Grace Roman Space...