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If humans are ever going to expand into space itself, it will have to be for a reason. Optimists think that reason is simply due to our love of exploration itself. But in history, it is more often a profit motive that ha...

How do blue stragglers defy the aging that turns their mates red? Blue stragglers are found in ancient star clusters, where they outshine stars the same age, looking far bluer and younger than their true age. Astrophysic...

Blue Origin will reuse a New Glenn booster for the first time on the rockets next launch, carrying a satellite for AST SpaceMobile. The post Blue Origin to reuse New Glenn booster on next launch appeared first on SpaceNe...

The Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial is seen during a wreath laying ceremony that was part of NASAs Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Wreaths were laid in memo...

This letter from SARA is to issue a waiver for NASA grantees attendingLPSC2026, allowing them to be reimbursed out of their grants for their actual lodging, although its expected to be above the approved GSA amount. This...

"It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most massive black holes in the universe."

Open Cosmos deployed two satellites Jan. 22 to activate Ka-band spectrum filings reassigned by Liechtenstein last week, racing to meet deployment deadlines to bring the frequencies into use for sovereign and enterprise b...

Blue Origin launched its first New Shepard mission of the year Jan. 22, carrying five paying customers and one company employee after a last-minute change. The post Blue Origin flies first New Shepard mission of 2026 app...

The Helix Nebula is one of the closest and brightest planetary nebula. It's what's left of a dying star and has nothing to do with planets. Our Sun will end up as one of these sumptuous displays, and a new JWST i...

Starfleet Academy's third mission is remarkably light on peril, but that isn't necessarily a problem

Even as NASA celebrated the rollout of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for Artemis II over the weekend, NASA's new administrator, Jared Isaacman, made sure to put an asterisk on the program's ...

Blakes 7 is heading back to deep space as Emmy-nominated director Peter Hoar launches a new indie studio and plans a reboot of the cult British sci-fi drama.

A Rocket Lab Electron launched the first satellites for a new constellation being developed by Open Cosmos that will use spectrum previously assigned to Rivada Space Networks. The post Rocket Lab launches first satellite...

TAHOE CITY, Calif. - L3Harris Technologies will provide the primary imagery for the Korean Meteorological Administrations (KMA) next-generation geostationary weather satellite. The contract, awarded to L3Harris by Korean...

Some really unique science can be done during a total solar eclipse. Totality is the one time we can see the elusive corona of the Sun, the pearly white segment of our host stars lower atmosphere where space weather acti...

Some stars appear to defy time itself. Nestled within ancient star clusters, they shine bluer and brighter than their neighbors, looking far younger than their true age. Known as blue straggler stars, these stellar oddit...

Blue Origin launched six people to suborbital space today (Jan. 22). It was the 17th human spaceflight for the company, which was founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos.

SpaceX lit up the night sky over Vandenberg Space Force Base today (Jan. 22) with the launch of 25 more satellites for its Starlink broadband internet service.

"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger."

Rocket Lab launched its first mission of 2026 this morning (Jan. 22), sending two satellites aloft for the European company Open Cosmos.

Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident gathered back at the launch site Thursday to mark that tragic day 40 years ago.

A new study has examined how future human missions to Mars could access one of the planet's most vital resources-water. The "Martian aqua: occurrence of water and appraisal of acquisition technologies" paper,...